Gambling which involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize

The lottery: the allegorical figures of virtue and vice perform a show on stage; various allegorical figures in the foreground. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1724.

Tuberculosis patients lying on their beds in a crowded tuberculosis hospital; advertising a tombola in aid of tuberculosis sufferers in L'Hérault, France. Colour lithograph, ca. 1933.

A man is shown from behind reading a sandwich board attached to the back of the man in front of him, advertising a lottery. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.

Entertainment ephemera. Box 1.

Recherches historiques sur les loteries des Romains / par J.G.H. Greppo.

The wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery!!!

Reflections upon what the world commonly call good-luck and ill-luck , With Regard to lotteries. And of the Good Use which may be made of them. Translated from the French, of the Ingenious Mons. Le Clerc.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.8 x 48.7 cm

The Wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery !!!  Or, the history of John Doyle.

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Recherches historiques sur les loteries des Romains / par J.G.H. Greppo.

The wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery!!!

Reflections upon what the world commonly call good-luck and ill-luck , With Regard to lotteries. And of the Good Use which may be made of them. Translated from the French, of the Ingenious Mons. Le Clerc.

Tuberculosis patients lying on their beds in a crowded tuberculosis hospital; advertising a tombola in aid of tuberculosis sufferers in L'Hérault, France. Colour lithograph, ca. 1933.

The Wonderful advantages of adventuring in the lottery !!! Or, the history of John Doyle.