SAMUEL W. LYND, D.D.

_Pastor of the Ninth Street Baptist Church._

Hon. JACOB BURNET.

Rev. JOHN F. WRIGHT.

H.E. SPENCER, _Mayor of Cincinnati._

LOTTERIES.

This is as deceptive, and as base a business, as was ever introduced into any country. The apparent respectability of it, and of the men who carry it on, is calculated to remove the scruples many might otherwise have to patronizing it. The facility with which it can be patronized, without the liability of exposure, and the promises of sudden gain so artfully held out, are inducements not easily resisted by a money-loving people, totally ignorant of the odds against them in the game they play.

All other games generally require the personal attention of the players who patronize them; but this is a game at which any one can play, and need never be seen, even by those against whom he may be playing.

Thousands of persons, who stand high in the estimation of their neighbors for good conduct; men who would not, on any account, be found at a gambling-table, will patronize lotteries. The ease with which it can be done, without exposure, enables them to gratify, to the full extent of their means, their pa.s.sion for this base species of swindling.

In many of our large cities, numerous well-dressed young men are constantly engaged in vending tickets through the streets, or from house to house, and they can be bought as privately as the buyer may wish, or he may send his servant for them. Thus it is that a man may gamble as extensively as he pleases in lotteries, without his proceedings being at all likely to become public.

In my description of lotteries, I shall confine myself to the lottery scheme before us; because it will serve as an example of all others, and because the reader will be better able to comprehend explanations of this system than if I were to write of some scheme not here inserted.

By a reference to the tables of tickets, it will be seen that there are fifteen packages of whole tickets, as many of halves, and thirty packages of quarter tickets. Each package contains all the numbers, from one up to seventy-eight, without a repet.i.tion of any one of them. The tickets found in these tables are all that are intended for any one drawing; and every successive drawing is but another edition of the same tickets, all arranged in the same order, and with the same combination numbers; but they have a different cla.s.s number on them. The proprietors of a lottery furnish the printer with a copy of these tables, arranged in a blank book, and this book is called the _scheme-book_, from which as many as may be ordered from time to time are printed.

The arranging of the cla.s.s numbers is a matter of fancy, as to what they shall be; their only use being to determine to what particular drawing any particular ticket belongs, in order that a ticket which proves to be a blank may not, at some future drawing, be handed in for a premium, on account of containing some of the numbers then drawn.

[Ill.u.s.tration: _Drawing of Lottery Tickets._]

THE DRAWING. There are several methods of conducting the drawing; but that which is most commonly used is as follows:--

There is a hollow wheel, as represented in the plate; then there are seventy-eight small tin tubes, scarcely half an inch in diameter, and about three inches in length; these are for holding the numbers, from one to seventy-eight; each number is on a separate piece of paper, which is rolled up and put into a tube; these tubes, when the numbers have been placed in them, are all put into the wheel, and a person is selected to draw out one at a time from the wheel, which is opened, and cried aloud, for the information of those present who may be interested.

The number is registered, for the future guidance of the lottery-dealer, in determining what he shall pay those who may hold one or more of the numbers so drawn. After this, the wheel is again turned, so as to mix well the numbers contained in it, and a second is drawn; and the same proceedings are gone over with, until twelve numbers are drawn, and registered in the order in which they are drawn. Sometimes thirteen will be drawn, it being customary, on many occasions, to draw one number for every six contained in the wheel; but I cannot give this as a universal rule, because I have often found it deviated from. Sometimes little boys are selected to draw the numbers from the wheel--to give the impression that every possible step has been taken to render the management as fair as possible; but in this there is also much deception.

Swarms of domestic servants, day labourers, and the most poor and needy persons daily visit these worse than gambling shops, where they risk their little all, and get nothing in return but the delightful antic.i.p.ation of being rich when the "drawing" takes place.

True it has been the case that prizes have been drawn, and trumpeted forth to the world, as inducements for others to buy. Having known how some of these prizes have sometimes been obtained, will it be too much to suppose that others are obtained in like manner? that is by the proprietors of lotteries being swindled through the unfaithfulness of their agents. A case came to my knowledge of a man who drew a capital prize; and the mode of operation, by which it was effected, was as follows: An agent, who was stationed in a town some distance from the princ.i.p.al establishment, made two confidants, who, doubtless, readily acted with him from hope of gain. One of these was the post-master of the town, and the other an acquaintance, a patron of the lottery. The duty of the agent was to transmit to the princ.i.p.al office all unsold tickets, by the first mail that left after the known hour of drawing.

This mail also conveyed the lists of the drawing; but, in a regular manner of proceeding, they would not have been accessible to the agent before the departure of the stage with his unsold tickets. By making a confidant of the post-master, however, he received the lists as quick as possible after the mail arrived, and before it had been a.s.sorted. He then examined his unsold tickets, and if any considerable prize remained, he would take it from among the unsold tickets, and despatch the remainder to the princ.i.p.al office, and give the prize to his other confidant; each one giving out that the ticket had been sold to him; and accordingly the prize would be claimed and paid, although fraudulently obtained. In this particular case, the capital prize was drawn, and it appeared that the ticket-holder appropriated all the money to his own use, as he was known to buy much property shortly afterwards. It is believed also, by those who were acquainted with the incident, that he never divided with the rascally agent; and thus was the cheater cheated, who, in his wrath, let out some of the secrets of the manner in which the prize was obtained.

This same man has since met with reverses of fortune, and would now, I believe, find it difficult to raise money sufficient to purchase a ticket even of a low price.

Among the many cases of lottery swindling, every body has heard of the great Louisiana real estate lottery, in which the prizes were to have been the St. Charles Hotel, the Verandah, the St. Charles Theatre, the Bank, the Arcade, and other magnificent buildings in New Orleans. It is quite needless to say any thing of this, as the public has been pretty well enlightened in regard to it, through the public journals of the day.

The following is a copy of a handbill issued by the proprietors of the lottery immediately after a drawing, for the information of ticket-holders, and all others interested:--

DRAWING OF THE LOTTERY.

The following are the numbers which were this day drawn from the seventy-eight placed in the wheel, viz.:--

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ------------------------------------ 20 51 61 24 74 77 46 36 69 29 26 3

and that the said tickets were drawn in the order in which they stand: that is to say, No. 20 was the first that was drawn; No. 51 was the 2d; No. 61 was the 3d; No. 24 was the 4th; No. 74 was the 5th; No. 77 was the 6th; No. 46 was the 7th; No. 36 was the 8th; No. 69 was the 9th; No. 29 was the 10th; No. 26 was the 11th; No. 3 was the 12th, and last.

Those tickets ent.i.tled to the 110 highest prizes were drawn in the following order:--

1 2 3 $30,000 | 7 8 9 $5,000 4 5 6 10,000 | 10 11 12 2,367 20

Those 6 tickets having on them the

2 3 4 | 3 4 5 | 5 6 7 | 6 7 8 | 8 9 10 | 9 10 11 > each 1,500

Those 100 tickets having on them the

1 2 4 | 1 4 7 | 1 7 9 | 2 3 11 | 2 6 10 1 2 5 | 1 4 8 | 1 7 10 | 2 3 12 | 2 6 11 | 1 2 6 | 1 4 9 | 1 7 11 | 2 4 5 | 2 6 12 | 1 2 7 | 1 4 10 | 1 7 12 | 2 4 6 | 2 7 8 | 1 2 8 | 1 4 11 | 1 8 9 | 2 4 7 | 2 7 9 | 1 2 9 | 1 4 12 | 1 8 10 | 2 4 8 | 2 7 10 | 1 2 10 | 1 5 6 | 1 8 11 | 2 4 9 | 2 7 11 | 1 2 11 | 1 5 7 | 1 8 12 | 2 4 10 | 2 7 12 | 1 2 12 | 1 5 8 | 1 9 10 | 2 4 11 | 2 8 9 | 1 3 4 | 1 5 9 | 1 9 11 | 2 4 12 | 2 8 10 | 1 3 5 | 1 5 10 | 1 9 12 | 2 5 6 | 2 8 11 > each 1,000 1 3 6 | 1 5 11 | 1 10 11 | 2 5 7 | 2 8 12 | 1 3 7 | 1 5 12 | 1 10 12 | 2 5 8 | 2 9 10 | 1 3 8 | 1 6 7 | 1 11 12 | 2 5 9 | 2 9 11 | 1 3 9 | 1 6 8 | 2 3 5 | 2 5 10 | 2 9 12 | 1 3 10 | 1 6 9 | 2 3 6 | 2 5 11 | 2 10 11 | 1 3 11 | 1 6 10 | 2 3 7 | 2 5 12 | 2 10 12 | 1 3 12 | 1 6 11 | 2 3 8 | 2 6 7 | 2 11 12 | 1 4 5 | 1 6 12 | 2 3 9 | 2 6 8 | 3 4 6 | 1 4 6 | 1 7 8 | 2 3 10 | 2 6 9 | 3 4 7 /

All others with three of the drawn numbers on, (being 110) each 300 Those 66 tickets having on them the 1st and 2d drawn numbers, each 100 Those 66 tickets having on them the 2d and 3d, each 80 Those 66 tickets having on them the 3d and 4th, each 50 Those 66 tickets having on them the 4th and 5th, each 40 Those 132 tickets having on them the 5th and 6th, or 6th and 7th, each 30 All others with two of the drawn numbers on, (being 3960,) each 20 And all tickets having one, only, of the drawn numbers on, each, (being 25,740,) 10

Now, let us spend a few moments in examining this bill, and we shall see how much truth there is in it. It says, that the ticket having on it the three first drawn numbers will be ent.i.tled to the capital prize of $30,000. Now, in the whole scheme before us, there is no such ticket.

The combination, 20, 51, 61, is not to be found in this arrangement.

Consequently, there was no ticket whose numbers ent.i.tled it to this prize. Next, the bill says, the ticket having the fourth, fifth, and sixth drawn numbers, which would have been 24, 74, 77, would be ent.i.tled to a prize of $10,000. There is no such ticket in the combination.

Consequently this also is false. Now, it is evident that the dealers, in publishing this bill, mean to impress the public with the idea, that tickets, containing the necessary numbers to draw these prizes, are in the lottery, and that somebody must, of course, draw them; but it is all false, and a very little investigation will convince any one, that a greater system of deception can hardly exist. Bear in mind, that the bill says these prizes were drawn. The third prize was $5,000, and the ticket which contained the seventh, eighth, and ninth numbers was to draw this prize. These numbers are 36, 46, 69. There is no such combination in the scheme-book--no such ticket was printed or sold.

Consequently, here is another falsehood. The same can be said of the fourth prize--the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth numbers--being 3, 26, 29.

There is no such combination in the book, and no such prize could be drawn. Of the next six prizes, of $1,500 each, said to have been drawn, there was not a single ticket in the whole scheme which contained the necessary numbers to draw any one of these six prizes!

It is next a.s.serted, that there were in the lottery one hundred tickets, having three drawn numbers, and ent.i.tled each to a prize of $1,000. This I have examined, and I find that, instead of being one hundred, there are but two--the first in magnitude being one from package number six, of half tickets, bearing the numbers 20, 36, 51,--these being the first, second, and eighth of the drawn numbers, and would ent.i.tle the holder to one half of the $1,000, subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. The other is a quarter ticket, bearing the numbers 46, 51, 74--from the twenty-seventh package, of quarters--being the second, fifth, and seventh of the drawn numbers, and would ent.i.tle the holder of it to one quarter of the $1,000, after deducting the fifteen per cent. But it is well known that, frequently, scarce one half of the tickets of any one cla.s.s, intended for a particular drawing, are ever disposed of, and are consequently returned to the manager's office, to be destroyed. Then, what guaranty have we that the numbers ent.i.tled to the above pitiful prizes were sold? They are as likely to be among the tickets returned unsold, as among those sold. Next, the bill states that there were one hundred and ten others, each having three drawn numbers, and were ent.i.tled to a prize of $300 each. By a close investigation, I find but one single ticket of this kind in the whole scheme. This is the ticket in the twelfth package of quarters, bearing the numbers 61, 69, 77; and if it had been sold, it would have ent.i.tled the holder to one fourth of the $300, deducting 15 per cent. Next, the bill says, those sixty-six tickets having the first and second drawn numbers, will each be ent.i.tled to a prize of $100. In searching for these in the scheme-book, I find but one that bears the first and second numbers; that is, in package fourteen. The ticket having the numbers 20, 51, 66, is the only one having the two first numbers; and if sold, the holder was ent.i.tled to one half of the $100, it being a half ticket. Now, the reader may perceive that I have examined and laid open, so that he too may examine, this masterpiece of villany. I find that of the two hundred and eighty-six highest prizes, which, their own handbill states, existed in their lottery, and which, by their own figures, amounted to the enormous sum of $195,967, and, in order to be drawn, only required that the tickets should be bought,--I find, allowing every ticket to have been sold, and afterwards every holder presented his ticket for the sum to which it might be ent.i.tled, that of the two hundred and eighty-six said to be in the scheme, there are but five, and these very inconsiderable; and that the greatest amount of these five prizes, without deducting the fifteen per cent, is only $875, instead of the enormous sum of $195,967.

Can it be possible that any person will be found to patronize lotteries, after considering these facts?

I pa.s.s over those small prizes named after the first sixty-six having the first and second drawn numbers on them, and will prove the balance to be falsehoods, as the greater portion of the first part of the bill is.

In the first place, let us see how many prizes are represented to exist, not to say any thing of the blanks. In counting up the prizes named on this bill, we find them to be 30,316; and I do not think they would pretend to say that more than one half of their tickets were prizes.

Then we will say that they had an equal number of blanks. This would carry their scheme up to over sixty thousand tickets; and even if they were all prizes, and no blanks, (which they do not pretend,) who cannot see the extreme improbability of their disposing of 30,316 tickets in one week? for it must be remembered that these were all of one cla.s.s, and for one particular week's drawing. But the last witness, whose overwhelming testimony will settle the question, is their own scheme-book, of which an accurate copy is here given, and which shows the number of tickets, for any one drawing, to be but 1,560, the half of which, by great exertion, they might succeed in selling; each successive drawing being another edition of these same combinations, with a different cla.s.s number on them. Now, let me ask, where are their 30,316 prizes to come from? What a scheme of deception do we here behold! and one, too, that has been so long submitted to and patronized by the public of this and other countries.

Another method of still further swindling the buyers of tickets, is much practised in some parts of the country. The agents who sell the tickets are authorized to insure them. When a man buys one, the price, perhaps, might be ten dollars. The seller, if he has been authorized, will say, "Now, sir, for ten dollars, I will insure your ticket to draw a prize."

This is enough for the buyer to have his ticket insured to draw a prize, and possibly the capital prize: he pays an additional fee, and the agent forwards the numbers of all the tickets, so insured, to the office where the drawing is to be held; and there they manage to have these tickets contain one (seldom more) of the drawn numbers. This ent.i.tles the buyer to receive back the price of his ticket, after taking out 15 per cent.; and as it was not a total blank, the insurer is safe, and retains the sum paid for insurance. The buyer remains swindled out of the insurance, and 15 per cent, of the cost. These swindling shops are numerous, and are sometimes called _policy offices_.

We sincerely hope that our readers will examine with some attention the developments we have made in relation to the deceptive schemes of the lottery managers; for we feel that they cannot fail to convince every man of common sense, who has a particle of moral principle and moral honesty left, that he who encourages this basest of all swindling, by purchasing tickets, is not alone an enemy to himself and family, but he countenances a species of gambling that is extensively mischievous and ruinous, and has for its victims many of our best citizens, young and old; while, at the same time, he unintentionally throws a veil over the villanous deeds of the lottery gambler and his unprincipled, as well as his inexperienced supporters. We once more invite our readers to examine our statements with attention.

The following tables represent, completely, the entire contents of a lottery dealer's scheme-book, made for the guidance of the printer, in printing tickets. At the close of the tables is represented a ticket, with its cla.s.s and combination numbers.

+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | #1# | #2# | #3# | #4# | #5# | #6# | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 1 27 53| 1 28 55 | 1 29 54| 1 30 56| 1 31 57| 1 32 58| | 2 28 54| 2 29 56 | 2 30 55| 2 31 57| 2 32 58| 2 33 59| | 3 29 55| 3 30 57 | 3 31 56| 3 32 58| 3 33 59| 3 34 60| | 4 30 56| 4 31 58 | 4 32 57| 4 33 59| 4 34 60| 4 35 78| | 5 31 57| 5 32 59 | 5 33 58| 5 34 60| 5 35 61| 5 36 77| | 6 32 58| 6 33 60 | 6 34 59| 6 35 61| 6 36 62| 6 42 71| | 7 33 59| 7 34 61 | 7 35 60| 7 36 62| 7 37 63| 7 43 70| | 8 34 60| 8 35 62 | 8 36 61| 8 37 63| 8 38 64| 8 44 69| | 9 35 61| 9 36 63 | 9 37 62| 9 38 64| 9 39 65| 9 45 68| |10 36 62| 10 37 64 | 10 38 63| 10 39 65| 10 40 66| 10 46 67| |11 37 63| 11 38 65 | 11 39 64| 11 40 66| 11 41 67| 11 37 76| |12 38 64| 12 39 66 | 12 40 65| 12 41 67| 12 42 68| 12 38 75| |13 39 65| 13 40 67 | 13 41 66| 13 42 68| 13 43 69| 13 39 74| |14 40 66| 14 41 68 | 14 42 67| 14 43 69| 14 44 70| 14 40 73| |15 41 67| 15 42 69 | 15 43 68| 15 44 70| 15 45 71| 15 41 72| |16 42 68| 16 43 70 | 16 44 69| 16 45 71| 16 46 72| 16 27 57| |17 43 69| 17 44 71 | 17 45 70| 17 46 72| 17 47 73| 17 28 56| |18 44 70| 18 45 72 | 18 46 71| 18 47 73| 18 48 74| 18 29 55| |19 45 71| 19 46 73 | 19 47 72| 19 48 74| 19 49 75| 19 30 54| |20 46 72| 20 47 74 | 20 48 73| 20 49 75| 20 50 76| 20 31 53| |21 47 73| 21 48 75 | 21 49 74| 21 50 76| 21 51 77| 21 47 65| |22 48 74| 22 49 76 | 22 50 75| 22 51 77| 22 52 78| 22 48 66| |23 49 75| 23 50 77 | 23 51 76| 23 52 78| 23 30 53| 23 49 64| |24 50 76| 24 51 78 | 24 52 77| 24 27 53| 24 29 54| 24 50 63| |25 51 77| 25 52 53 | 25 27 78| 25 28 54| 25 28 55| 25 51 62| |26 52 78| 26 27 54 | 26 28 53| 26 29 55| 26 27 56| 26 52 61| +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+

The above lottery schemes were accurately copied from the scheme-book of a lottery dealer in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and may be considered a fair specimen of lottery combinations generally. The tables are for a 78 numbered lottery, every three perpendicular lines of figures containing a package, and each package all the numbers, from 1 to 78, inclusive; and there are also 26 tickets in each package.

+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | #7# | #8# | #9# | #10# | #96# | #97# | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 1 34 59| 1 60 78| 1 61 64| 1 35 36| 1 38 39 | 1 41 43| | 2 36 60| 2 61 77| 2 62 65| 2 37 38| 2 40 49 | 2 42 45| | 3 35 61| 3 62 76| 3 63 66| 3 39 40| 3 41 50 | 3 44 47| | 4 37 62| 4 63 75| 4 29 78| 4 41 42| 4 42 51 | 4 46 49| | 5 38 63| 5 64 74| 5 28 77| 5 43 44| 5 43 52 | 5 48 51| | 6 49 74| 6 65 73| 6 27 76| 6 45 46| 6 44 53 | 6 50 53| | 7 50 75| 7 66 72| 7 30 50| 7 47 48| 7 45 54 | 7 52 55| | 8 51 76| 8 67 71| 8 31 51| 8 49 50| 8 46 55 | 8 54 57| | 9 52 77| 9 68 70| 9 32 52| 9 51 52| 9 47 56 | 9 56 59| |10 27 78| 10 53 69| 10 33 53| 10 53 54| 10 48 57 | 10 58 61| |11 28 53| 11 27 52| 11 34 54| 11 55 56| 11 58 67 | 11 60 63| |12 29 54| 12 28 51| 12 35 55| 12 57 58| 12 59 68 | 12 62 65| |13 30 55| 13 29 50| 13 36 56| 13 59 60| 13 60 69 | 13 64 67| |14 31 56| 14 30 49| 14 37 57| 14 61 62| 14 61 70 | 14 66 69| |15 32 57| 15 31 48| 15 38 58| 15 63 64| 15 62 71 | 15 68 71| |16 33 58| 16 32 47| 16 39 59| 16 65 66| 16 63 72 | 16 70 73| |17 48 73| 17 33 46| 17 40 60| 17 67 68| 17 64 73 | 17 72 75| |18 47 72| 18 34 45| 18 41 67| 18 69 70| 18 65 74 | 18 74 77| |19 46 71| 19 35 44| 19 42 68| 19 71 72| 19 66 75 | 19 76 78| |20 45 70| 20 36 43| 20 43 69| 20 73 74| 20 27 76 | 20 35 40| |21 44 69| 21 37 59| 21 44 70| 21 75 76| 21 28 77 | 21 34 39| |22 43 68| 22 38 58| 22 45 71| 22 77 78| 22 29 78 | 22 33 38| |23 42 67| 23 39 57| 23 46 72| 23 27 28| 23 30 34 | 23 32 37| |24 41 66| 24 40 56| 24 47 73| 24 29 30| 24 31 35 | 24 31 36| |25 40 65| 25 41 55| 25 48 74| 25 31 32| 25 32 36 | 25 27 29| |26 39 64| 26 42 54| 26 49 75| 26 33 34| 26 33 37 | 26 28 30| +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+

At the beginning of the first package you will see the numbers 1, 27, 53; they are placed on one ticket; and so with each succeeding three numbers through the whole scheme.

+--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | #98# | #99# | #100# | | #101# | #101# | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 13 | 14 | 15 | 00 | 1 | 1 | +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+ | 1 45 44| 1 62 70| 1 27 78| | 1 2 53 | 1 2 60| | 2 46 47| 2 63 71| 2 28 77| | 3 4 54 | 3 6 61| | 3 48 49| 3 64 72| 3 29 76| | 5 29 55 | 4 7 62| | 4 50 51| 4 65 73| 4 30 75| | 6 30 56 | 5 52 63| | 5 52 53| 5 66 74| 5 31 74| | 7 31 57 | 8 51 64| | 6 54 55| 6 52 75| 6 32 73| | 8 32 58 | 9 50 65| | 7 56 57| 7 53 76| 7 33 72| | 9 33 59 | 10 49 66| | 8 58 59| 8 54 77| 8 34 71| | 10 34 60 | 11 48 67| | 9 60 61| 9 55 78| 9 35 70| | 11 35 61 | 12 47 68| |10 62 63| 10 56 67| 10 36 69|Here ends| 12 36 62 | 13 46 69| |11 64 65| 11 57 68| 11 37 68| Fifteen | 13 37 63 | 14 45 70| |12 66 67| 12 58 69| 12 38 67|Packages | 14 38 64 | 15 44 71| |13 68 69| 13 59 61| 13 39 66|of Whole | 15 39 65 | 16 43 72| |14 70 71| 14 51 60| 14 40 65| Tickets | 16 40 66 | 17 42 73| |15 72 73| 15 27 39| 15 41 64| | 17 41 67 | 18 41 74| |16 74 75| 16 28 40| 16 42 63| | 18 42 68 | 19 40 75| |17 76 77| 17 29 41| 17 43 62| | 19 43 69 | 20 39 76| |18 43 78| 18 30 42| 18 44 61| | 20 44 70 | 21 38 77| |19 27 42| 19 31 43| 19 45 60| | 21 45 71 | 22 37 78| |20 28 41| 20 32 44| 20 46 59| | 22 46 72 | 23 36 53| |21 29 40| 21 33 45| 21 47 58| | 23 47 73 | 24 35 54| |22 30 39| 22 34 46| 22 48 57| | 24 48 74 | 25 34 55| |23 31 38| 23 35 47| 23 49 56| | 25 49 75 | 26 33 56| |24 32 37| 24 36 48| 24 50 55| | 26 50 76 | 27 32 57| |25 33 36| 25 37 49| 25 51 54| | 27 51 77 | 28 31 58| |26 34 35| 26 38 50| 26 52 53| | 28 52 78 | 29 30 59| +--------+----------+----------+---------+-----------+---------+