The clerical police does its duty.
The institution of the lottery is retained by the Popes, not as a source of revenue only.

Lay governments have long since abolished it, because in a well-organized state, where industry leads to everything, citizens should be taught to rely upon nothing but their industry.

But in the kingdom of the Church, where industry leads to nothing, not only is the lottery a consolation to the poor, but it forms an integral part of the public education.

The sight of a beggar suddenly enriched, as it were by enchantment, goes far to make the ignorant multitude believe in miracles.

The miracle of the loaves and fishes was scarcely more marvellous than the changing of tenpence into two hundred and fifty pounds.