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XIII. page 4
At the marriage of Louis XIV. a lottery was organized to
distribute the royal presents to the people--after the fashion of
the Roman emperor. Lotteries were multiplied during this reign
and that of Louis XV. In 1776 the Royal Lottery of France was
established. This was abolished in 1793, re-established at the
commencement of the Republic; but finally all lotteries were
prohibited by law in 1836,--excepting `for benevolent purposes.'
One of the most remarkable of these lotteries `for benevolent
purposes' was the `Lottery of the Gold Lingots,' authorized in
1849, to favour emigration to California. In this lottery the
grand prize was a lingot of gold valued at about L1700.
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