The Louisiana State Lottery Company was a private corporation that in the mid-19th century ran the Louisiana lottery . It was for a time the only legal lottery in the United States , and for much of that time had a very foul reputation as a swindle of the state and citizens and a repository of corruption .
12-469: Louisiana Lottery can refer to: Louisiana State Lottery Company , a private lottery operated in the mid-19th century Louisiana Lottery Corporation , the current lottery operated by the government of Louisiana Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Louisiana Lottery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
24-583: A syndicate from New York , was chartered on August 11, 1868 by the Louisiana General Assembly with a 25-year charter and in exchange gave the State $ 40,000 a year. With the passage of the charter, all other organized gambling was made illegal. This start almost immediately gave it a bad reputation as having bribed the legislators into a corrupt deal, especially at a time when other states were viewing lotteries and gambling with suspicion. It
36-487: The New York Times they were paid handsomely for the few days each month their services were needed. Most of the tickets were sent via special train (there was so much mail it required a special consideration) to agents in the U.S. and abroad who would sell them in their respective areas. In 1890, three years before the charter's expiration, the company bribed the legislature into passing an act to write them into
48-569: The Louisiana's constitution (thus requiring a successful supermajority of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature and referendum ) by offering to give the state $ 500,000 per year. While the lottery was always opposed on vice and morality grounds, the renewal of the charter and constitutional amendment began the serious, organized opposition that would kill the company. The Anti-Lottery League and its newspaper,
60-911: The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in 1861 as a result of the American Civil War . Dr Palmer was appointed Moderator of its first General Assembly in 1861. He advocated heavily for the secession of Louisiana from the United States to join the Confederacy , with his notorious "Thanksgiving Sermon" serving as a major catalyst for the Confederate movement. He died in 1902 after an accident in New Orleans. Palmer Park in New Orleans
72-604: The United States . He served as first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS) in 1861 . Palmer was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1818 and became a minister in the Southern Presbyterian church. He served in Georgia (1841–42), South Carolina (1843-55) and New Orleans (1856-1902). He received his Doctor of Divinity degree in 1852. The PCUS was formed by secession from
84-554: The " New Delta " were the main proponents of ending the drawings. The League was backed by many prominent activists of the time, such as Anthony Comstock , and by Edward Douglass White , who argued against it in the Louisiana Supreme Court . The prominent Presbyterian minister of First Presbyterian Church, Benjamin M. Palmer , delivered an anti-lottery speech on June 25, 1891 at one of the League's largest meetings at
96-560: The Grand Opera House in New Orleans. Many believed this was the final blow to the lottery. The Louisiana State Lottery became the most notorious state lottery and was known as the "Golden Octopus" as it reached into every American home using the U.S. Postal Service . In 1890 the United States Congress banned the interstate transportation of lottery tickets and lottery advertisements, which composed 90% of
108-523: The charter expired in December 1893. Backed by John A. Morris, it then moved its de jure headquarters to Honduras and illegally issued lottery tickets in the United States. In 1907 its Delaware printing press was found out by federals and shut down. Benjamin M. Palmer Benjamin Morgan Palmer (January 25, 1818 – May 28, 1902) was a Presbyterian minister and theologian in
120-421: The company's revenue. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld this statute in 1892. In March of that year the constitutional amendment to renew the charter (which had passed the legislature, but needed voter approval) was defeated. Murphy J. Foster , an anti-lottery gubernatorial candidate, was elected, as were a majority of anti-lottery legislators. During that year all lottery operations were banned, and
132-412: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louisiana_Lottery&oldid=629489891 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Louisiana State Lottery Company The company, initially
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#1732787007765144-470: Was founded by John A. Morris and Charles T. Howard , the former owning a controlling interest and the latter serving as its nominal head. Charles Howard served as the first president, having previously worked for the Alabama Lottery and Kentucky State Lottery. Former Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Jubal Anderson Early held the drawings. They added credibility but according to
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