Unique old lottery tickets

That is the first part of the song National Lottery , sung by "freak" Tran Van Trach (brother of professor Tran Van Khe, from Vinh Kim, My Tho) to open the lottery program that was broadcast live on Saigon Radio before 1975, from 4 p.m.

The time of national lottery

The old lottery (1951 - 1975) was born by Decree No. 651-Cab/PR dated December 21, 1951 establishing the "National Lottery". At first, the national lottery was drawn every 3 months, then from 1955 to 1975, it was drawn continuously once a week. In 1958, the lottery was drawn every Friday. From 1961, it was drawn on Tuesday. From March 1974 to April 26, 1975, it was drawn on Saturday.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 1. — Front of lottery ticket issued in 1958 with jackpot prize of 1 million VND

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 2. — Back of a lottery ticket issued in 1958 with a jackpot of 1 million VND

Throughout the 1950s until the end of 1966, the lottery ticket still had a face value of 10 dong, signed by the Minister of Construction and Urban Design and the General Director of the Treasury, with prizes of 100 dong, 500 dong, 1,000 dong, 5,000 dong, 10,000 dong, 50,000 dong, 100,000 dong and a jackpot of 1 million dong.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 3. — Old lottery ticket with picture of Hanoi flagpole

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 4. — Lottery ticket with picture of Binh Tay market

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 5. — Lottery ticket with picture of train station

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 6. — Lottery ticket with image of Than Tho Lake in Da Lat

In early 1959, the lottery ticket still had 2 signatures, but instead of the Minister of Urban Construction and Design, it was the Minister of the Presidential Palace. The face value was still 10 dong and the prize structure remained unchanged.

By the end of 1959, the lottery ticket had three signatures. In addition to the Minister of the Presidential Palace, the Director General of the Treasury, there was also the Minister of NationalEducation . By 1961, there were only two signatures left, those of the Minister of Finance and the Director General of the Treasury.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 7. — Lottery tickets to build Saigon National Library

In 1967, the denomination of the lottery ticket was raised to 20 dong and the winning prizes also changed: 200 dong, 1,000 dong, 2,000 dong, 10,000 dong, 20,000 dong, 100,000 dong, 200,000 dong and the jackpot of 2 million dong.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 8. — Lottery ticket worth 20 dong

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 9. — Lottery ticket worth 40 dong

In early 1970, perhaps due to inflation, the face value of the lottery ticket was raised to 30 dong and the prize structure was also raised with the jackpot worth 3 million dong. By the end of 1970, the face value of the lottery ticket continued to be raised to 40 dong and the jackpot prize also increased to 4 million dong.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 10. — The last lottery tickets of April 1975

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 11. — The last lottery tickets of April 1975

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 12. — The last lottery tickets of April 1975

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 13. — The last lottery tickets of April 1975

From August 1, 1972, the denomination of lottery tickets was raised to 50 VND with prizes of: 500 VND, 2,500 VND, 5,000 VND, 25,000 VND, 50,000 VND, 250,000 VND, 500,000 VND and a jackpot worth 5 million VND. This was also the last change because April 26, 1975 was the last lottery, ending the national lottery program.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 14. — Prize structure of lottery ticket 1975

However, after that time, there were still lottery tickets that were accidentally printed and not drawn yet, such as the lottery ticket dated May 3, 1975. We even saw a lottery ticket that was accidentally printed and scheduled to be drawn in July 1975. This is actually not surprising, because people in the industry said that lottery tickets are usually printed in advance.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 15. — The lottery ticket dated May 3, 1975 was never drawn.

Old lottery tickets paid out prizes in...kind

Before that, in the 1930s, there was also a type of lottery ticket sponsored by the French Indochina Lottery, called Loterie Indochinoise, issued throughout Indochina, with a face value of 1 Indochinese dollar, from 1935 to 1944.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 16. — Tombola lottery ticket 15.12.1931

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 17. — Tombola lottery ticket 15.12.1931

In addition, there is another special type of lottery ticket, called Tombola lottery ticket. It is not clear when this type of lottery ticket first appeared, but we have a sheet printed on December 15, 1931, called Grande Tombola, issued in Saigon according to the Decree dated June 15, 1931 of the Governor of Cochinchina, signed by the Governor and the treasurer, with a face value of $0.50 Indochinese money.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 18. — Tombola lottery ticket of Gia Dinh Charity Association, 1950

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 19. — Tombola lottery ticket of Gia Dinh Charity Association, 1950

The prizes of this lottery are not paid in cash but in kind, including: a Citroen car worth 2,850 VND, a motorbike worth 750 VND. There are also safes, sewing machines, bicycles, gramophones, stopwatches, etc.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 20. — Benevolent Association's Tombola Lottery Ticket, 1954

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 21. — Benevolent Association's Tombola Lottery Ticket, 1954

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 22. — Tombola lottery built Vinh Long city, 1963

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 23. — Tombola lottery built Vinh Long city, 1963

From 1950 onwards, Tombola lottery tickets issued by Vietnamese organizations and charities appeared frequently, aiming to raise funds for specific purposes such as helping the poor, orphans and children in orphanages.

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 24. — Loterie tickets issued by the French Indochina Lottery in 1937

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 25. — Loterie tickets issued by the French Indochina Lottery in 1937

Like the Tombola lottery ticket of the Gia Dinh Charity Association Lottery, worth 10 dong, drawn on February 12, 1950, with the prizes: a "new" Ford Vedette car, a Terrot diesel engine, a Singer sewing machine, a Grammont "radio", a Volta bicycle, an Emy Radio gramophone and a Realwatch gold-plated wristwatch...

Độc lạ những tờ vé số kiến thiết xưa - Ảnh 26. — Loterie ticket issued by the French Indochina Lottery 1937

In 1963, the Vinh Long Administration issued a lottery ticket "building the new city of Vinh Long" worth 10 dong, with the purpose of building a primary school, market, bus station, wharf, kindergarten, orphanage... The prize included: the jackpot lot was a semi-detached villa "with electricity and water", with a salon, wine cabinet, bed... and many other lots that were also villas.

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