Lotteries - Ireland

Irish state lottery begins drawing November 20, 1797 . English state lottery Begins drawing February 26, 1798. Irish Scheme. No. of Prizes. Value of each. Total Value. 2 of -20,000 is -40,000 2 - 10,000 - 20,000 2 - 5,000 - 10000 3 - 2,000 - 6,000 5 - 1,000 - 5,000 8 - 500 - 4,000 20 - 100 - 2,000 40 - 50 - 2,000 7,500 - 8 - 60,000 7,582 Prizes 149,000 First drawn Ticket 500 Last drawn Ticket 500 22,418 Blanks 30,000 Tickets -150,000 English Scheme. No. of. Prizes. Value of each. Total Value. 4 of -20,000 - -80,000 3 - 10,000 - 30,000 4 - 5,000 - 20,000 5 - 2,000 - 10,000 10 - 1,000 - 10,000 20 - 500 - 10,000 50 - 100 - 5,000 100 - 50 - 5,000 1 First drawn blank 1st day 1,000 1 ditto 4th day 5,000 1 ditto 9th day 10,000 1 ditto 15th day 20,000 1 ditto 20th day 10,000 1 ditto 26th day 20,000 16,500 of -16 each is 264,000 16,702 Prizes -500,000 38,298 Blanks 55,000 Tickets Tickets and Legal Stamped Shares, at Swift and Co's old state lottery office. (late wenham's) No. 11, Poultry, By whom, in the late Irish and English Lotteris were shared and sold the Following Capital Prizes, No. 58,377 - a Prize of - -10,000 54,333 - - - - - 5,000 54,688 - - - - - 5,000 17,140 - - - - - 5,000 6,803 - - - - - 500 The Commands of Country Correspondents punctually attended to. Orders, by Coachmen or Carriers, executed on the same Terms as if the Parties were present.