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Show \ < t NATIO NATIONAL NATI01tJAI 'AL AL ' LOTTERY LOTTERYIt It \ would ould be hoITif horrifying 1ng to most people to suggest suggestthe suggestthe suggestthe the establishment of a . national lottery in order to topay topay topay pay the national debt with proceeds of the govern govern- government's government's government's - ment's ments ' rakeoffVe rake-off rake off - \ We \Ve Ve are not suggesting such a Hung thing thingbut , but it would "ould ould " not be entirely without precedent preeedent , even evenin evenin evenin in this Christian land according to the Tampa Tri- Tri Tribune Tribune Tri Tribune - bune , , v . which hlCh ren reminds nds t11.a t11a that . t ' , In 1612 a lottery was authorized for the benefit of ofthe ofthe ofthe the struggling Virginia VJrginia "olony olony " . Fanucil Fanucll Hall in m Bas- Bas Bos- Bos Basont Bosont Bos-ont Bos ont - - ont , the 'cradle cradle ' . of liberty Uberty , " was rebuilt rcbUIlt by lottery aid aidbefore aidbefore aidbefore before the Revolution At least four different lotteries lotterieswere lotterieswere lotterieswere were conducted for the benefit of Harvard College CoIJpge in inili in-its in its ili its - early days . , I ' IFunds Funds for prosecuting the Revolution " were "ere ere rais- rais mis- mis raised miscd rais raised - ed cd to a considerable extent bj bl bvi , means of lotteries In In1779 1779 " Massachusetts Ma"ssachusetts received rcceived a rake-off rake off - of more than than$40,000 than40000 $4OOO 4OOO $40,000 40000 $ { ) $ , , from a state lottery lott.ery . In 1793 , funds for theestabIlslunent theestablishment the estabIlslunent establishment of the nation's nations ' capital In washington - \ were \\ere ere sere aided by b bv the same means'These means means'These 'These These ' are only a feinstances few fe\\ fe fea \ instances of the employ employ- employment employment employment - ment of lotteries lottedes in aid of commercial , educatIonal educationalcharitable , chantable charitable and other laudable purposes during durmg our ournational ournational ournational national history hlstory In fact , it was not until 1890 that thatCongress thatCongress thatCongress Congress e enacted act.ed acted . an any ' law , forbidding forbiddmg the use of mails mailsto mailsto mailsto to lottery enterpi enterprisesEwen enterprises enterprisesEven ises isesEven Even Ewen todaye today , \ we \\e e \ have ha.e hae .e e . ' many many plize pl1ze prize schemes whIch whIchare whichare whichare are are'irtual1 \'irtual1 'irtual1 irtual1 \ ' virtually virtuallyi 1 lotteries , including the weII-knov.n weIIknov.n weII knov.n knovn well-known well known weIIknov.nch wellknownchui well-knownchurch well knownchurch - . ch chui h raffle , at v . which hich the constituted authoritiesa authoritieswink authorities authontics , . . wmk wink , , if they deign . to t.o notice it at allJ all J a . |