@article{503033,
      recid = {503033},
      author = {Painter, W.},
      title = {A guide to the lottery, 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. [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {sold by G. Kearsley, Fleet-Street,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {[4],iv,80p. ;},
      year = {1787},
      note = {With a half-title.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/503033},
}