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Lottery tickets
Date: 1753Reference: MS.7633/7Part of: Sloane, Sir Hans M.D., P.R.C.P., F.R.S., (1660-1753), physician, assembler of the collection that formed the nucleus of the British Museum- Books
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E. Warren, stock-broker, at his State Lottery and Public Register Office, in Kin[g St.,] Covent-Garden. Sells ... tickets and [sh]ares of tickets, in [the pr]esent lottery. ... The drawing begins the 5th of September next. ...
Warren, E.Date: 1757]- Books
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English and Irish State-Lottery Office. The tickets are sold, and divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths, by Hornsby & Co. Stock-brokers, at their Old-Established State-Lottery Office, (licensed pursuant to act of Parliament) No. 26, Cornhill, opposite the Royal-Exchange, London. ...
Hornsby & Co.Date: 1791]- Books
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Irish state-lottery, 1781. Tickets and shares are sold and registered by Wm. Blackburn, at his State-Lottery Offices, No. 81, Aldersgate-Street, near Barbican; and at No. 2, Smithfield-Bars; appointed by goverment for selling and insuring tickets and shares.
Blackburn, Wm.Date: 1781]- Books
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Đ30,000 bank security. English state lottery for 1787, will begin drawing the 11th of February, 1788. 4,000l. for one guinea! 2,000l. for half-a-guinea! Robert Marchbank, at his licensed State Lottery Office, No. 11, Dame-Street, has now for sale English state lottery tickets, and changes of whole tickets, with legal insurance plans, ...
Marchbank, Robert.Date: 1788]- Books
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First Irish lottery for 1798, begins drawing 24th July. The tickets are sold and divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths, by Hazard Burne & Co. stock-brokers, at their State Lottery Office, no. 93, under the Royal Exchange, London, and no where else on their account.
Date: 1798]- Books
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English state-lottery, 1794. Begins Drawing February 16, 1795. The Scheme of the present Lottery being entirely different from any former one, - Ten Thousand tickets less, - The Public are requested to observe, that Five Hundred Thousand Pounds (the usual Amount of the Prize-Money) is divided amongst 40,000, instead of 50,000 Tickets, and that there are more Prizes than Blanks in this Lottery, when, in most former ones, there have been from Two to Three Blanks to a Prize. And divided into Half, Fourth, Eighth, and Sixteenth, shares, At their Licensed State-Lottery Offices, No. 104, Bank-Buildings, Cornhill, and No. 8, opposite the King's Mews, Charing-Cross.
Richardson, Goodluck, and Co.Date: 1794]- Books
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The purchasers of tickets, shares, and chances are most respectfully requested to peruse the following plan before they purchase Tickets, Shares, or Chances, at any other Offices. State lottery, 1781. Messrs. Johnson and Co. At their Old State Lottery Offices, No. 4, Ludgate-Hill; No. 351, Oxford-Street; No. 153, opposite Smart's Buildings, High-Holborn; and in Glasshouse-Street, the corner of Swallow-Street.
Johnson and Co.Date: 1781]- Books
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An account shewing, in Numerical Order, the tickets Entitled to benefits in Each of the lotteries, anno 1719. With the benefits to which the said tickets are severally entitled, and the days on which they were drawn. As also the course in which the benefits in one of the lotteries are to be paid; to wit, That Lottery wherein they are to be paid by Orders in Course. The benefits in the other lottery being entitled to an annuity, payable and transferable at the Bank, till the Principal be repaid. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: 1720- Books
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English lottery tickets.
Date: 1788]- Books
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English lottery tickets.
Date: 1794?]- Books
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Irish lottery tickets.
Date: 1788]- Books
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State lottery for 1774. The Tickets and Shares of Tickets, The chances of tickets and shares of chances, Are now Selling, in great Variety of Numbers, by, W. Hodges & Co. At their Old Office in Pall-Mall, near the Hay-Market, At their Office, No. 63, New Bond-Street, near Oxford-Street, At their Office, No. 46, Great Queen-Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, At their Office, No, 144, in the Minories, and at Their Office, No. 43, in Bishopsgate-Street, Without London. No Deduction whatsoever will be made from the Prizes at the above Offices; and the shares examined gratis. Prizes sold by the above Proprietors, viz. Lottery 1770. -. No. 7,836 a Prize of 5,000 32,519 - 2,000 43,649 - 1,000 31,241 - 1,000 Lottery 1771. -. No. 25,872 a Prize of 5,000 30,432 - 2,000 44,187 - 2,000 6,872 - 2,000 Lottery 1772. -. No. 50,066 a Prize of 10,000 11,413 - 5,000 3,343 - 5,000 23,035 - 2,000 And several other Capital Prizes too numerous to insert here. Scheme of the Lottery. No. of Prizes. Value of each. Total Value. 2 of 20,000 is 40,000 4 - 10,000 - 40,000 5 - 5,000 - 25,000 10 - 2,000 - 20,000 20 - 1,000 - 20,000 40 - 500 - 20,000 180 - 100 - 18,000 600 - 50 - 30,000 19,150 - 20 - 383,000 20,011 Prizes First drawn for the first three Days Drawing, 1,000l. each, 3,000 Last Drawn, - 1,000 39,989 Blanks. 60,000 600,000 Prices of Tickets and Shares. - s. d. A Ticket Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth Thirty-2d Sixty-4th Prices of Chances and Shares of Chances -. s. d. A Chance Half ditto Quarter ditto Eighth ditto Sixteenth do. Thirty-2d do. Not Two Blanks to a Prize. Country Orders strictly obeyed; and every Thing relative to the Lottery transacted with Fidelity. Schemes Gratis. Tickets Registered. Correct Numerical Books kept. The Lottery begins drawing the 14th of November. Tickets and Shares insured from Blanks during the Drawing.
W. Hodges & Co.Date: 1773]- Books
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The benefit tickets in the Museum lottery, 1775. Drawn before the Managers and Directors thereof, at Guild-Hall, London. Published by the Special Order of the said Managers and Directors.
Museum Lottery (London, England)Date: 1775]- Books
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A proposal for settling a perpetual assurance on lives, and for advancing the credit of 10L. lottery-tickets; by R. Carter, and others.
Carter, Richard, active 17th century-18th century.Date: 1712]- Pictures
Mister Cool frees himself from compulsive gambling by throwing away lottery tickets (?). Lithograph after W. de Vink for Stichting Voorkom!, ca. 199-.
Vink, Willem de, 1957-Date: [between 1990 and 1999?]Reference: 2065003i- Books
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An Act for prolonging the time for claiming the fortunate tickets in the charitable corporation lottery, and for making provision for tickets in the said lottery lost, burnt, or otherwise destroyed.
Great Britain.Date: 1735]- Books
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An exact numerical list of all the tickets drawn prizes of twenty pounds in the state-lottery for 1765.
Date: 1765]- Books
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An account shewing the numbers of the tickets entituled to benefits in the lottery for 1500,000 l. anno 1711. With the benefits to which the said tickets are entitled, ... Publish'd by the special order of the managers, and directors of the said lottery. C. Rhodes, secretary.
Date: 1712- Books
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Irish state lottery, for the year, 1755, this lottery is to consist of 300 tickets which are all prizes, and is therefore the most advantagious for the adventurers of any hitherto published. ...
Date: 1755]- Books
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An account, shewing, in numerical order, the tickets intitled to benefits in the lottery for 490,000 l. anno 1779. With the benefits to which the said tickets are intitled. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]- Books
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An account, shewing, in numerical order, the tickets intitled to benefits in the lottery for 480,000l. anno 1778. With the benefits to which the said tickets are intitled. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]- Books
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An account, shewing, in numerical order, the tickets intitled to benefits in the lottery for 405,000 l. anno 1782. With the benefits to which the said tickets are intitled. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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An account, shewing, in numerical order, the tickets intitled to benefits in the lottery for 500,000 l. anno 1785. With the benefits to which the said tickets are intitled. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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An account, shewing, in numerical order, the tickets intitled to benefits in the lottery for 480,000 l. anno 1783. With the benefits to which the said tickets are intitled. Published by the special order of the managers and directors.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]