A guide to the lottery : or, the laws of chance laid down in a plain and intelligible manner, wherein is shewn the probabilities arising from any proposed circumstance of play; applied to the Solution of a Variety of curious Questions relating to Cards, Dice, Lotteries, &c. Likewise The whole Business of insuring Tickets in the State Lottery clearly explained, the several Advantages taken by the Office-Keepers pointed out, and an easy Method given, whereby any Person may compute the Probability of his Success upon purchasing or insuring any particular Number of Tickets, with a Table of the Price of Insurance for every Day's drawing in the ensuing Lottery, another Table, containing the Number of Tickets a Person ought to purchase to make it an equal Chance to have any particular Prize; with several other curious Tables. To which is added a companion for the draught-player, Containing Thirty select Games of Draughts, shewing the Manner of moving the Pieces to the best Advantage; together with several critical Situations to win Games, and fine Strokes, never before published: being the Result of the Practice and Observations of some of the first Players. By W. Painter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Painter, W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lotteries--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Lotteries.

Genre:

Recreations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],80p. )

Other Title:

Guide to the lottery

Place of Publication:

London : sold by G. Kearsley, Fleet - Street, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

Notes:

With a half-title.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T94087.

OCLC:

642753792