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The 1821 lottery was authorized by the Georgia General Assembly by an act of May 16, 1821. The lottery redistributed land in Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, and Monroe counties. [1] The lots were 202.5 acres in size. Registration for the lottery occurred in the two months after the Act's publication on May 16 1821, with drawings occurring ...
[1] [2] The lottery system was utilized by the State of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 “to strengthen the state and increase the population in order to increase Georgia's power in the House of Representatives.” [3] Although some other states used land lotteries, none were implemented at the scale of the Georgia contests. [4]
Pages in category "1821 in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... 1821 Land Lottery; T. Treaty of Indian Springs (1821)
Jackpot: $2.5 million. That’s roughly how much, in today’s dollars, the winner of England’s first-recorded state lottery won on Jan. 11, 1569.
The 1820 lottery were used to obtain Muscogee land and redistribute it to settlers of various qualifications. Following the Creek War (1813–1814), President Andrew Jackson demanded from the Muscogee an immense area of land which would become the southern third of the entire state of Georgia. A second section of land in northeast Georgia was ...
The lottery corporation also would receive one license. The bill calls for 20% of the adjusted gross revenues derived from sports betting to go toward Georgia’s HOPE Scholarships and pre ...
The 1821 Georgia Land Lottery opened portions of state land for settlement between the Flint and Ocmulgee rivers, including present-day DeKalb County. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation ceded the land to the United States in January of that year, and drawings for lots measuring 202.5 acres (81.9 ha) each began in May in Milledgeville, the state capital until 1868.
If you prefer to watch the drawing in person, you can also visit the Mega Millions WSB-TV studio in Atlanta, Georgia where the live drawings are supervised by the Georgia Lottery.