The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
ITALY'S STATE LOTTERIES.
THEY ARE TIE ONLY GOVERNMENT
LOTTERIES STILL oPERATED.

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Italy the Mother Land OF Lcttcries-The Na-
tionni Lotteries Maintained In Italy Now
as q pubiic Iu-ttution Demanded by the
peop,,-A LARGE so,,cc or pub,,c Rev.
$50. Y,...,.u MI.
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curious Turns OF fortune
How winning Numbers "re Foretoid.
Ro,r M. % -Tbo ,uostio, rbe,hor ,ub.
uc Iottorios oro n public blasting or a nub,ic
cu,so has in M conntrv In tho world hoe, an
cnrefulIv natientIv. md inteIligentlv studied
hv ,he ii,ht M, ~ tboorv oniv hut NJ lonq
rrncticoI cy,rrIonco. ma IN Italv The word
Lottery itselfi 10 NJ Italian origin md Il WINS Inv
the ereat repnblics of mediuval italy that
public lotteries wore FIRST established under
conditions NJ nil rosembiino those in which
those Institutions have nourisbed and horne
THAR uoo1 or eyi, fruIta In England and in the
Initial Stn,es. The first publlo lottery was
established In England nv on. Of tho Par,ia-
ments OF III, prent Protestant champion king.
William III. in 1Co4. whom n sum enormous
for tbose DIVE NJ 81 300 600 VIVA yoted for
TINT purposo. II was nm expedient Of tho
Treasury. then struggling with the problem Of
national debt. The opponents OF tho schema
denounced IL ma of Italian. md therefore Of
ANAL origin. The par.isans of the lottery r.-
sponded, ufter tho usual English fashion. with
an nppea,, not to argument, but to results.
Hold your tongues" they snid to their ad.
versarles, "the lottery has captured Namur."
There was no denying this. But for tho sum
rnised by tho public lottery tho siece OF
Nnmur must hnvo been abandoned by the
English King. In tho face OF this fact II was
OF no use for the prent economist. Sir William
Petty tho a~ncestor cf Lord Iansdowne. Who
Inns dropped, by the way. his not very impos-
ing surname to ADOPT that Of Fitz MauriceD
to describe tho lottery as "a tax on unfortu.
mite self.conceited FOOLS" On tho contrary.
This verdict OF Sir william Petty may almost
be thought to-day to offer n most corent
reason for establishing and maintaining
rublic lotteries all over the world. "A tax on
unfortunate self conceited fools" ought to be
n very productive tax everywhere. n Tux
easily raised, and certainly II it has a
tendency to diminish the supply OF "un-
g. fortunate seIf-conceited fools" n tax in
tho interest of public veal. Perhaps
This was tho consideration which led Gen.
Wushi,pton TO look with favor on lotteries,
AZ nil events. tho public lottery system.
established in 1904, was not formally abolished
in England til the last ycars OF the reign Of
George ". The hubble lottery system cam,
from Italy into France also MT the end OF the
seven.ccnth century. II had found its wnv as
mn experiment. tried and then abandoned. into
bntb countries long before. II was triad in
England in the reign of Elizabeth. It was
Irought into France topetbor with rho nna
arts of Italy. under Francis /. But 1t WAS only
4, the venr 100 that Louis XIV. first ordained
the establishment OF the ROYAL Lottery of
Frunca The,edict of tho Grande Monaroue
recites that his Mniesty .bny;np observed the
natural inclination Of tho rreut majority Of his
subjects TO invest money in private lotteries
and in those founded by tho communes fSr
charitable PURPOSES. as we'll as 10 the foreign
. 7Inttefies OF nome. 'enoh' Venice. fiorence'
Nii'ah' anu ,ichna IN AUSTRIA had maze up
MS royal NINA 10 take the "hoie business
uhher MS paternai controi SO as 10 insure MS
SUBJECTS an agreeable ana convenient way OF
assuring themselves OF COCA income ir the
rest Oh their llves.
ihe hoyai !'ot'ery OF Franco. thus begun.
existed ana honrished almost Town to our
own times. II was reorGanized with careful
regulations nnder LOUIS ANl. IN l''o. not
wtthstanding the severe condemnation OF the
wrish'y authorities 1t was completely abol-
chaos Of y" the " 'a frs. French 81, lr renublic. o ON the 5 5ae
., Sovsmb.r' 17os oniv to ha rosstahIisbod
again in 1897. and it was finally leGis1atod out
OF existence in 1896 by n law OF tho monarchy
OF JulS: tho spirit OF which. il not the letter OF
IT, might with advantage. perhaps. have been
T.aneh rna"h, ny wh Nv ""ans' ~ ." ..,sa
ate N r aepapmS M M"en' o nh's or inc me- ,n ppnaH on
N'inach. they authorized the grand lottery
loan OF ths ianama oanal. IL may well DO
doubted whether In the century and n half
during which tao national lottery OF France
E"ir'Sheu 'tcah possibly nave wrought any re-
suits OF private ruin and public Generalization
comparabla to those which hove been daval.
80, rtthin w., " 49, = , 49, 80 ~ e,
oroo "tth'h ron yShrs out OIL the fahama loan.
THE IorreRrrs IN 1870
10y
When. thanks to Cavour. Garibaldi. Victor
Emanuel. and Nnnoleon III. italy ceaaad 70
s"n"ao'' "nn 10 soaoou y
poa eoosraphical expression. ana became
lottery was n vigorous and 0ourishinp ~institn-
49,. :. VII .a.as,
the peninsula was 1t moro firmly rooted in the
habits OF the n.oplo. or bettcr administered
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man IN .ne ,nnai STATES. oileiai staslsuos