1763 - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:32:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 1763 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Lottery in Spain: a fever of the 18th century https://historylab.es/lottery-in-spain-a-fever-of-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lottery-in-spain-a-fever-of-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-loteria-en-espana-una-fiebre-del-siglo-xviii/ Online article from Historia National Geographic magazine on "The lottery in Spain: an 18th century fever"

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]]> Article by Manuel Lucena Giraldo in the magazine Historia National Geographic on “the dream of being rich”. Charles III imported the lottery from Naples in 1763 and it became a prized source of income. Testimonies are provided on the popularity of the lottery from its introduction and in the following centuries. In 1812, the Cortes of Cádiz approved a new type of lottery with tickets divided into tenths under the name of the national lottery

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