NINE YEARS OF LOTTERY
NEW SOUTH WALES RECEIPTS £19,000.000 (From Our Own Correspondent) SYDNEY, Aug. 29. The New South Wales lottery office celebrated its ninth anniversary this week, with total ticket sales nearing the £19,000,000 mark. There have been 710 lotteries drawn. In the nine years, £18,978,747 has been handed ac r oss the lottery office counters or sent by mail from all parts of the world for tickets in the State's gigantic game of chance. Of this, £11,805,749 has been handed back in prizes, and the balance. £7,173,008, has been paid into consolidated revenue, primarily for the benefit of public hospitals. Administrative expenses total about £500,000. Each lottery now brings in £26,250, and prizes total £16,300.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19400918.2.131
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Otago Daily Times, Issue 24406, 18 September 1940, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
117NINE YEARS OF LOTTERY Otago Daily Times, Issue 24406, 18 September 1940, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in