LECTED as a Companion to the Card Table, consisting of the Twenty-four Games first contained in this Work. Price 4s. sewed, in a Case like an Almanack, with gilt Edges. 3. HOYLE'S GAME OF CHESS, with some Additions from other Amateurs, and a Wood Cut. Price 25. in extra boards. 4. HOYLE'S TREATISE ON BACKGAMMON, with a Wood Cut. Price 6d. sewed. 5. INTRODUCTION TO PAYNE'S GAME OF DRAUGHTS, with a Wood Cut. Price 1s. sewed. 6. DEW'S GAME OF BILLIARDS, with a Copper-plate Price 1s. sewed. 7. DIRECTIONS FOR BREEDING GAME COCKS, with a Copper-plate. Price 6d. sewed. iv 8. GARD's ODDS AND CHANCES OF COCKING, and other Games. Price 5s, sewed. 9. A. JONES's ART OF PLAYING AT SKITTLES, with Wood Cuts. Price 1s. sewed. 10. GARD's ARTICLES, RULES AND ORDERS AT HORSE-RACES. Price 1s. 6d. sewed. 11. RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR SKITTLES, with a Copper-Plate. Price 6d. on a Sheet Broad Folio, for the purpose of pasting on a Board. RAFFLE. ODDS on a RAFFLE with nine Dice, or the highest in three throws with three Dice. It is exactly equal that you throw 32 or more. The The following is a guide to any person inclined to 1 out of sell or buy a chance. 1 out of 1 out of 1 out of 3458 1 out of 11 1 out of 17 1 out of 28 1 out of 47 1 out of 81 1 out of 150 1 out of 293 Explanation of the foregoing Table. Suppose a prize put up worth 201. that one person throws 40, and there are eight more to throw; in the table you will find that one out of eleven has a right to throw forty: therefore his chance is worth one half of the prize and of the other half, equal to 127. 14s. 6d. f. CASES OF CURIOSITY. W HIS T. ODDS against and for the Dealer's Hand of Trumps. 158753389899 to 1, that he don't hold 13 trumps 338493367 to 1 3215258 to 1 77065 to 1 3710 to 1 12 11 10 9 or more. The Odds for and against any particular Nondealer's Hand of Trumps. 12211799222 to 1, that he does not hold 12 trumps 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 ...... 2 1 or more. vii |