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The article mentions records of the results, but unfortunately all I could find is the announcement of the 19th draw (I think the results of the 18th draw are b
by plouffy 8y ago
The article mentions records of the results, but unfortunately all I could find is the announcement of the 19th draw (I think the results of the 18th draw are below, but they don't show names) [1]. Looks like you were right and the number of tickets were limited to 20,000 "LE PUBLIC est averti que les Billets de la dix-neuvième Loterie de la Ville, toujours fixés au nombre/ de Vingt mille, depuis & compris le numéro 20001 jusques & compris le numéro 40000, commenceront d'être distribués le Samedi 19 Juin 1762"
[1] http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/dix-neuvieme-loterie-de-l-hotel-de-ville-de-paris-etablie-par-arrets-du#infos-principales http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/o...
- OscarCunningham 8y agoThanks for doing the research! This version of the story is also more in the spirit of the original article. It's not just that the government was more solvent than people thought; Voltaire is making money by cleverly exploiting a technicality in the lottery system.