LOTTERY TICKETS ON THE WEB

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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 51, December 10, 2000, Article 11

"Lottery players in Maryland will soon be able to buy their tickets online, making Maryland the first in the U.S. to offer online ticket sales. The new service is "just the beginning in gaining access to this large and demographically desirable market niche," said the Maryland Lottery director. "The Internet will be a big factor in the future of lotteries."

Maryland players will need to file an online application, and can then choose their games, numbers and the number of weeks to participate. Charges for the tickets will still have to be paid by check or money order because it's illegal in Maryland to pay for lottery subscriptions by credit or debit cards. (Wall Street Journal 6 Dec 2000)"

What do lottery tickets have to do with numismatics? Well, although lottery tickets didn't circulate as money, many early American and British lottery tickets were designed, engraved, and printed by some of the same people who made paper money. Many collectors of colonial currency collect lottery tickets as interesting companion pieces.

Some historic lottery tickets may be found on the web at the Coin and Currency Collections at the University of Notre Dame Libraries:

Wayne Homren, Editor

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