Louisiana Lottery Ticket Collection

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Obsolete Notes & Miscellaneous Items > Louisiana

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Louisiana Lottery Ticket Collection

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Here is a wonderful collection of Louisiana Lottery Tickets. The Louisiana State Lottery Company was chartered on August 11, 1868 by the Louisiana General Assembly giving a 25 year charter, with an even exchange giving the state $40,000 per year. A bad reputation was almost immediately given to the company because of the payments to state. John A. Morris was the controlling partner and Charles T. Howard was the figurehead. Former Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Jubal Anderson Early held the drawings and were paid. In 1890, three years before the charter's expiration, the company convinced the Louisiana legislature to continue the charter for a fee of $500,000 per year. The voters were persuaded by the Anti-Lottery League to vote it down but the legislature passed the issue. In 1892 the U.S. Congress passed a law banning interstate transportation of lottery tickets, effectively killing the business as 90% of the tickets crossed state lines. This collection includes 105 tickets, beginning in 1878 and ending in 1894, as well as a colorful lottery information sheet, an early New Orleans trade card for lottery and a list of winners. These are multi-colored and some are designated as Louisiana Lottery Company, Kansas City, Kansas or Little Rock, Arkansas. A beautiful collection offered in one lot. Information lists this as the Lewis B. Beatty Collection and dates to prior 1960.

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