@article{627840,
      recid = {627840},
      author = {Painter, W.},
      title = {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.  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {sold by G. Kearsley, Fleet - Street,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {[4],80p. ;},
      year = {1787},
      note = {With a half-title.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/627840},
}