By a little investigation, any one may discover that his chance for drawing a prize, even of a trifling amount, is extremely small.  By the following method any one may ascertain the number of combinations which any given number will produce, as in the present case, 78 x 77 x 76 = 456456 / 6 = 76076, the number of combinations of three numbers each; the 78 multiplied by 77, and the product by 76, and that product divided by 6 gives the number of combinations of three numbers each, which the numbers from 1 to 78 will produce, no two combinations containing the same three numbers.

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| #205#  |   #206#  |  #207#   |  #208#  |   #209#   |  #210#  |
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|   5    |     6    |    7     |    8    |     9     |    10   |
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| 1 12 23|  1 13 25 |  1 14 27 |  1 15 29|  1 16 31  |  1 17 33|
| 2 13 24|  2 14 26 |  2 15 28 |  2 16 39|  2 17 32  |  2 18 34|
| 3 14 25|  3 15 27 |  3 16 29 |  3 17 31|  3 18 33  |  3 19 35|
| 4 15 26|  4 16 28 |  4 17 30 |  4 18 32|  4 19 34  |  4 20 36|
| 5 16 27|  5 17 29 |  5 18 31 |  5 19 33|  5 20 35  |  5 21 37|
| 6 17 28|  6 18 30 |  6 19 32 |  6 20 34|  6 21 36  |  6 22 38|
| 7 18 29|  7 19 31 |  7 20 34 |  7 21 35|  7 22 37  |  7 23 39|
| 8 19 30|  8 20 32 |  8 21 33 |  8 22 36|  8 23 38  |  8 24 40|
| 9 20 31|  9 21 33 |  9 22 35 |  9 23 37|  9 24 39  |  9 25 41|
|10 21 32| 10 22 34 | 10 23 36 | 10 24 38| 10 25 40  | 10 26 42|
|11 22 33| 11 23 35 | 11 24 37 | 11 25 39| 11 26 41  | 11 27 43|
|34 45 56| 12 24 36 | 12 25 38 | 12 26 40| 12 27 42  | 12 28 44|
|35 46 57| 37 49 61 | 13 26 39 | 13 27 41| 13 28 43  | 13 29 45|
|36 47 58| 38 50 62 | 40 53 66 | 14 28 42| 14 29 44  | 14 30 46|
|37 48 59| 39 51 63 | 41 54 67 | 43 55 67| 15 30 45  | 15 31 47|
|38 49 60| 40 52 64 | 42 55 68 | 44 56 68| 46 57 68  | 16 32 48|
|39 50 61| 41 53 65 | 43 56 69 | 45 57 69| 47 58 69  | 49 59 69|
|40 51 62| 42 54 66 | 44 57 70 | 46 58 70| 48 59 70  | 50 60 70|
|41 52 63| 43 55 67 | 45 58 71 | 47 59 71| 49 60 71  | 51 61 71|
|42 53 64| 44 56 68 | 46 59 72 | 48 60 72| 50 61 72  | 52 62 72|
|43 54 65| 44 55 66 | 45 47 73 | 49 61 73| 51 62 73  | 53 63 73|
|44 55 66| 46 58 70 | 48 61 74 | 50 62 74| 52 63 74  | 54 64 74|
|67 71 76| 47 59 72 | 49 62 75 | 51 63 75| 53 64 75  | 55 65 75|
|68 72 75| 48 60 71 | 50 63 76 | 52 64 76| 54 65 76  | 56 66 76|
|69 73 78| 73 75 77 | 51 64 77 | 53 65 77| 55 66 77  | 57 67 77|
|70 74 77| 74 76 78 | 52 65 78 | 54 66 78| 66 67 78  | 58 68 78|
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| #296#  |   #297#  |  #298#   |  #299#  |   #300#   |  #301#  |
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|   11   |    12    |    13    |    14   |     15    |    22   |
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