In the record before us requisite proof is lacking that participants in the game upon which the indictment is based were "persons who have paid * * * consideration for the chance" so as to constitute a lottery within the meaning of section 1370 of the Penal Law (People v. Shafer, 273 N.Y. 475).
The judgments should be reversed and the indictment dismissed.
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