cks, wins the game.

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LOTO.

There are many varieties of Loto, with pictures, flowers, letters, etc.,
instead of numbers, which are known as Picture Loto, Botanical Loto,
Spelling Loto, Geographical Loto, Historical Loto, and so on.

These are mostly games for children, and are played in exactly the same
way as numbered Loto.

This game in England is usually regarded as an amusement for young
children; but it is one capable of affording amusement to grown-up people,
as may be seen by the interest shown in "Keno" by the Americans.

"Keno," or American Loto, is played in various places of public resort,
by adults, for considerable stakes, and is esteemed capital practice in
reading numbers rapidly and correctly.

The requisite paraphernalia for this game--which may be played by any
number of persons, not exceeding twenty-four--are boxes containing
100 counters; 14 fishes, each of which is reckoned as 10 counters;
12 contracts, valued at 10 fish or 100 counters apiece; a pack of
24 very large cards with fifteen different numbers marked on each,
and a bag containing 90 knobs or discs, numbered from 1 to 90.

#==========================#
#5 |11| |33| |50| |76| #
#--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--#
# |17|22| |43| |65| |89#
#--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--#
#2 | |28|55| |56| |74| #
#==========================#
Fig. 1.

In addition, a board with ten cavities cut therein for the purpose
of placing the knobs as drawn, is required.

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A Loto card, on which are inscribed, in the manner shown in the diagram,
numbers ranging from 1 to 90--five numbers on each line, is represented in
fig 1. The units are arranged in the first column, the tens in the second,
the twenties in the third, and so on.

The number of these cards supplied in a Loto box varies, but the general
number is twenty-four, although sometimes there are only eighteen.
With twenty-four cards, each number appears in four different cards.

There are several different methods of playing this game, of which we will
give the two principal ones. The first method makes it a game of chance
and skill, or rather quickness in reading figures; and the second, purely
a game of luck.

_First Method_.--Before commencing the game, a dealer has to be chosen,
and his duties consist of shuffling the cards and dealing to each player
one or more cards. The dealer is unable to join in the game, and is
obliged to stand