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Managed state lotteries to fund his travels

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Giacomo Casanova is universally known as a historic romantic menace, but he actually spent a massive amount of his free time translating esoteric texts and funding his lavish, weird lifestyle by organizing the French state lottery. Nothing funds a deep dive into unseen mysteries quite like running a state-sponsored gambling ring.

Managed state lotteries to fund his travels
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