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1 | This story was printed in the New York Daily Press on October 24, 1936. The Irish Hospital Sweepstakes is a lottery with it's payout based on the results of the Cambridgeshire horse race, run in Newmarket, England. Each of the lottery winners was guaranteed a payout of at least $2,966. First place is $150,000. Second place is $75,000. My grandfather, Tullio Franciotti was the holder of the third place horse, Laureate II, which paid out $50,000, a huge sum even by current standards. The race was run on Wednesday, October 28, 1936. | scan0008.jpg | 9/26/08 6:48 PM

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  scan0008.jpg - This story was printed in the New York Daily Press on October 24, 1936. The Irish Hospital Sweepstakes is a lottery with it's payout based on the results of the Cambridgeshire horse race, run in Newmarket, England. Each of the lottery winners was guaranteed a payout of at least $2,966. First place is $150,000. Second place is $75,000. My grandfather, Tullio Franciotti was the holder of the third place horse, Laureate II, which paid out $50,000, a huge sum even by current standards. The race was run on Wednesday, October 28, 1936.  
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