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Scheme of a Malt Lottery for 1721 with 700000 tickets
Details of a state lottery proposal funded by malt duty for 1721, offering 700000 prize value across 70,000 tickets at 10 pounds each. Prizes include 10000 and 5000 pound top awards, mixed smaller prizes, blanks first, then prizes, with payments secured by a second drawing and duties allocated to the Bank of England. Also notes on related Madrid peace, fleet news, stock quotes, and other notices.
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