State Revenue Quotes
Lotteries in England of the 17th century were recognized as a societal problem. In 17th century England it was the King who was taking advantage of citizen’s weaknesses. Today, in a democracy, it is the average people and the gambling operators who take advantage of those who are susceptible to gambling problems.
This is one of the earliest codifications of grazing rights. Note that the free grazing privilege only applied to small herds. For more than 10 adult animals there were fees. The issue of grazing rights and fees is still debated. The principle was extended to smaller animals such as sheep and goats, but the maximums increased.
The Trinh controlled North Vietnam while the Nguyen Lords controlled the South—the origin of the division of Vietnam. The Le Kings had little authority anywhere.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. The differential damage to the poor of lotteries was well known in the 19th century but the desire for money of governments, non-profit organizations, and corporations who administer many of the lotteries, blunted attempts to outlaw public lotteries. By the 21st century U. S. State Governments ran the largest lotteries in the world with the same differential detriment to the poor that Twain had described herein.
