A fortune could be made in a Lottery which was due to be drawn on St. Valentine’s Day, 1810. A ‘Sixteenth’ was the smallest stake available and cost £1-13-0 (equal to £1.65 today).
“Recipe to make a Fortune.-Take a Sixteenth and buy it;-when it produces (and why should it not?) a Share of a Capital Prize, lay the amount out in Whole Tickets. Having succeeded to your wish, in the event of these being fortunate, you have only to purchase a neat house in town for winter, and a snug summer retreat in the country; let these be embellished by the girl of your heart; let family be added, quantum suff* and if you do not think the Lottery has done you justice, try again.”
* as much as suffices.
Stamford Mercury, 26th January, 1810.