AN OLD ADVERTISEMENT
On October 18, 1826, the last State lottery was drawn in England. By abolishing lotteries the Government deprived itself of a revenue equal to £250,000 or £300,000 a year, but according to Chambers’s Book of Days “it was wisely felt that the inducement to gambling held out by them (the Government members) was a great moral evil, helping to impoverish many, and diverting attention from the more legitimate industrial modes of money-making. No one, therefore, mourned over the decease of the lottery but the lottery office keepers, a large body of men who rented expensive offices in all parts of England.” This advertisement in rhyme, with stick-men drawings, was sent out by a large lottery contractor named Sivewright.
When possess’d of sufficient / We sit at our ease; Can go where we like, And enjoy what we please.
But when pockets are empty, If forced to apply ■ To some friend for assistance, ’ They’re apt to deny.
Not so with friends Sivewright, They never.say nay, But lead us to fortune The readiest way.
They gallop on gaily; The fault is your own If you don’t get a good share Before they’re all gone.
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Southland Times, Issue 23676, 26 November 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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194AN OLD ADVERTISEMENT Southland Times, Issue 23676, 26 November 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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