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LOTTA SMOKES 5 Cents Punchboard UNUSED Tavern Memorabilia Lottery Games Sealed For Sale
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LOTTA SMOKES 5 Cents Punchboard UNUSED Tavern Memorabilia Lottery Games Sealed:
$69.95
LOTTA SMOKES 5 cents per punch, round shape \"Punchboard,\" never used, vintage tavern/casino game.This was still shrink wrapped. The back explains how the board is used. A money maker for the Tavern willing to pay the asking price for the board plus the cigarettes.Back shows Serial Number, Size and the Operator #.
Punchboards are the descendants of handmade lottery game boards, which were used in the U.S. as early as the eighteenth century. Lotteries were popular at the time, but they required a large number of ticket-buyers to be successful. Somewhere along the line an enterprising tavern-keeper found a way that he could run a lottery for just a few customers, or even just one. He constructed a game board out of wood, probably about a half an inch thick and 8 inches square. He drilled a number of holes in the board, filling each with a slip of rolled or folded paper. He probably also lettered a sign proclaiming the prizes available. He then charged patrons a fixed sum of money (probably a penny or a nickel) for a chance at Mini packs of cigarettes containing 5 cigarettes. The patron would use a nail to push one of the slips of paper out of its hole. Each slip of paper had a number printed on it, and if the customer\'s number corresponded to a number listed as a winner, the customer won that prize. The punchboard was born.
LOTTA SMOKES 5 Cents Punchboard UNUSED Tavern Memorabilia Lottery Games Sealed $69.95
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