Tickets to Fortune: The Story of Sweepstakes, Lotteries and Contests

174 pp. "One American in five tries at least two contests every year. We spend billions of dollars annually for both genuine and fake lottery tickets. The inside story of lotteries and contests which Eric Bender tells goes back to Roman days when guests at a dinner given by Heliogabulus might win a gold vase or six dead flies."--jacket