Abstract
The first part of this chapter describes the establishment of the state lottery
and the reasons why the private provincial lotteries survived and flourished
after 1726 despite the prohibitions and sanctions imposed by the SG. The aim is
to reconstruct how the different administrative levels justified and promoted their lotteries and to see to what extent these lotteries served commercial, social, or other purposes. This part is largely based on institutional and administrative sources (placards, ordinances, policy documents, and lottery regulations). The second part of this chapter deals with the broader moral, cultural, and political discourses surrounding these state and independent lotteries, using a wide range of sources such as pamphlets, periodicals, treatises, newspapers, plays, songs, and lottery tickets. This part is structured according to the themes that dominated these discourses: the social and economic benefits of the lottery, the moral and social harm caused by the lottery, and the Jews as scapegoats for all the lottery’s failures.
and the reasons why the private provincial lotteries survived and flourished
after 1726 despite the prohibitions and sanctions imposed by the SG. The aim is
to reconstruct how the different administrative levels justified and promoted their lotteries and to see to what extent these lotteries served commercial, social, or other purposes. This part is largely based on institutional and administrative sources (placards, ordinances, policy documents, and lottery regulations). The second part of this chapter deals with the broader moral, cultural, and political discourses surrounding these state and independent lotteries, using a wide range of sources such as pamphlets, periodicals, treatises, newspapers, plays, songs, and lottery tickets. This part is structured according to the themes that dominated these discourses: the social and economic benefits of the lottery, the moral and social harm caused by the lottery, and the Jews as scapegoats for all the lottery’s failures.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Lottery fantasies, follies, and controversies |
| Subtitle of host publication | A cultural history of European lotteries |
| Editors | Johanne Slettvoll Kristiansen, Marius Warholm Haugen, Angela Fabris |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 183-210 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-11-144549-6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2025 |
| Event | Book Launch Lottery fantasies - Johanne Hudig Gebouw, zaal 1.27, Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 6 Mar 2026 → … https://www.uu.nl/en/events/book-launch-lottery-fantasies-follies-and-controversies-a-cultural-history-of-european-lotteries |
Other
| Other | Book Launch Lottery fantasies |
|---|---|
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Utrecht |
| Period | 6/03/26 → … |
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Keywords
- Dutch lotteries
- Private lotteries
- Public opinion
- State lotteries
- anti-semitism
- eighteenth century
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