THIS HUGE LOTTERY DRUM, which is 36ft long. 10ft tall, and 5ft in diameter, was built for Studio Hamburg, West Germany, to decide the winners of the fifteenth television lottery, which was drawn on December 1. This year a record number of tickets was bought, and the winning ticket was worth about 12 million marks. The tickets are sold for five marks each, and a quarter of the total amount goes into the kitty, while the remainder is used to help West Berlin families who are in financial difficulties and to give their children a holiday.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31865, 18 December 1968, Page 26
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96THIS HUGE LOTTERY DRUM, which is 36ft long. 10ft tall, and 5ft in diameter, was built for Studio Hamburg, West Germany, to decide the winners of the fifteenth television lottery, which was drawn on December 1. This year a record number of tickets was bought, and the winning ticket was worth about 12 million marks. The tickets are sold for five marks each, and a quarter of the total amount goes into the kitty, while the remainder is used to help West Berlin families who are in financial difficulties and to give their children a holiday. Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31865, 18 December 1968, Page 26
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