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A guide to the lottery, [electronic resource] : cards, dice, draughts, &c. &c. applied to The Soluti...

A guide to the lottery, [electronic resource] : cards, dice, draughts, &c. &c. applied to The Soluti...

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A guide to the lottery, [electronic resource] : cards, dice, draughts, &c. &c. applied to The Solution of several curious Questions and Circumstances which occur in Play: laid down in the plainest Manner: and calculated to prevent the Practice of such Frauds as are frequently resorted to by professed Gamblers. 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.

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A guide to the lottery, [electronic resource] : cards, dice, draughts, &c. &c. applied to The Solution of several curious Questions and Circumstances which occur in Play: laid down in the plainest Manner: and calculated to prevent the Practice of such Frauds as are frequently resorted to by professed Gamblers. 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.

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Publisher

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

Date

MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

Record Identifier

74Vvrqe0rbod

MMS ID

991011240279702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],iv,80p. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

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

Edition

A new edition.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

A guide to the lottery, [electronic resource] : cards, dice, draughts, &c. &c. applied to The Solution of several curious Questions and Circumstances which occur in Play: laid down in the plainest Manner: and calculated to prevent the Practice of such Frauds as are frequently resorted to by professed Gamblers. Likewise The whole Business of insurin...

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General note

Edition statement from head of titlepage.

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

With a half-title.

Citation / References Note

ESTC N30821.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vvrqe0rbod

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvrqe0rbod

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MMS ID

991011240279702626