Comments on: The Lotteries Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:51:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Nb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-1211870 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:51:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-1211870 Does anyone know the answer to the rebus???

]]> By: Ellen in NEW England https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-712565 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:28:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-712565 Lotteries are a tax on people who are bad at math.

The organizers of the first English lottery in 1569 were also bad at math. One ticket cost 20s, which was about a week’s wages for a professional man. And then they gave EVERYone a prize, and the drawing took weeks and weeks … they must have lost money hand over fist!

]]> By: Janet M https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711867 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:25:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711867 I especially love the rebus. It’s so mysterious (to me at least).

]]> By: Bronchitikat https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711801 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:14:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711801 Which all goes to show that money can be made, reliably, from gambling. Provided you are the ‘House’, or the ones running the Lottery!

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711626 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:51:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711626 It’s not surprising that lotteries were made illegal. The sums of money on these ads are extraordinary. £25,000 in 1806 is the equivalent of about £20 million now. The total prize money of £250,000 is therefore equivalent to £200 million. I think it’s safe to say that there is some false accounting here. Those skills have been perpetuated for another 200 years in certain London institutions!

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711430 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 09:27:25 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711430 Surprising and fascinating graphic design from the past!

Love & Peace & Merry Christmas
ACHIM

]]> By: Victoria https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711393 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 08:56:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711393 Fascinating posters, didn’t know these lotteries used to take place. Curious to see the term ‘State Lottery’ on some of them, not a familiar term for England sounds more American or continental.

]]> By: Melvyn Brooks https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711179 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:31:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711179 Thanks for this laugh. I wonder how much money was sacrificed on these delusions? Is there any evidence that anyone ever won a prize? The scam reminds me of those carried out by Horatio Bottomley in the second and third decades of the Twentieth Century.

I take this opportunity of wishing TGA and all those who help in the production of these wonderful weekly stories that I enjoy in far away Israel, a happy and peaceful coming year. And of course the same greetings to all the regular readers. I feel I am a member of a club of Worldwide admirers of Spitalfields Life.

Best wishes to all

Melvyn Karkur, Israel

]]> By: Chris mills https://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/12/26/the-lotteries-of-old-london/#comment-711173 Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:25:26 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=126603#comment-711173 Business as usual in the City of London.

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