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Fortune of war: as the government prepares to bring casinos to our high streets, John Childs looks at a gambling craze of the 1690s.
History Today, October, 2003 by Childs, John
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THE BRITISH WILL BET on virtually anything from the size of marrows, through slug racing, to how long it takes to run round the quadrangle of an Oxford College. Between 1569 and 1826 it was also possible for Britain's wealthier inhabitants to purchase tickets in state lotteries; during the 1790s a ticket cost 16 [pounds sterling].
(Since 1994 the national lottery has become a more plebeian affair with tickets costing a more 1 [pounds sterling].) The earliest state lotteries had been organised in France in 1520. A plate lottery was held in England in 1663 to provide compensation for ...
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