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_Spectator_ on lucky numbers -- Other anecdotes on luck -- "Gretna Green" -- "A Prize for Poor Jack."
1815, of course, had its State lottery, June 7 (55 Geo. III. c. 73), in which £624,400 was given in prizes, and it resulted in a net profit of £224,311 18_s._ 1_d._; but this may be partly owing to the fact that there was one prize offered of £40,000, the only other instance of such an enormous prize being in the lottery of 1807.