Summer is approaching in the market town of Little Woodford, which can only mean one thing: the town fete! But the winds of change
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Tells the story of the lottery from its Ancient Greek origins, through the activities of extraordinary personalities such as Casanova, George Washington & Queen Elizabeth I, the backlash of the moralists such as Wilberforce & the corruption of the Louisiana State Lottery, to its use in allocating school places & public appointments.