Thursday, March 12, 1964: New Hampshire lottery

They're off and running in the New Hampshire sweepstakes, the nation's only state-sponsored lottery in the 20th Century. Tickets went on sale at Rockingham Park race track last night and some 3,600, including Gov. John W. King, paid $3 for a chance to win $100,000.

     -- Associated Press, March 13 (link to story: @)

* "Gambling For The Yankee Dollar" (Sports Illustrated, March 30): @

* "New Hampshire Lottery Drum Yields First Racing Tickets" (Associated Press, July 15): @

* "Big Draw In A Little State" (Sports Illustrated, July 27): @

* "Sweepstakes Copped by Roman Brother" (Associated Press, September 13): @

* "Roman Brother Wins New Hampshire Sweepstakes" (newsreel): @

* "The $100,000 Finish in First U.S. Sweeps" (Life magazine, September 25): @

* "New Hampshire Sweepstakes: Early Returns Are Indecisive" (Associated Press, December 13): @

* New Hampshire Lottery history (from www.nhlottery.com): @

* Lottery timeline (from North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries): @ 

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