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Det Danske Klasselotteri is a state-owned lottery in Denmark.
The lottery was launched as the Royal Copenhagen Class Lottery by the Royal Orphanage (Det Kongelige Opfostringshjem) and authorized by Frederick V by royal resolution of 29 June 1753. [1] The first lottery draw took place on 25 February 1754 at Charlottenborg Palace on Kongens Nytorv.
The Royal Orphanage was in 1771 deprived of its royal warrant by Johann Friedrich Struensee. Since 1 February 1771 it has been organized by the Danish government. [2] Eggert Balthazar-Christensen (1885) was appointed as managing director of the lottery in 1936. It was based at Suomisvej 2 in 1950. [3]
In 1921, it was converted into an aktieselskab under the name Danske Klasselotteri A/S. [1]
In 2006, Det Danske Klasselotteri generated total revenues of DKK 650 million.
Two lotteries are arranged each year, one in April and one in October. Each lottery is divided into monthly renewals and draws (classes). 1/1, 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 lottery tickets are available. The prize fund consists of 65% of the stakes. [1]
Frederick V was King of Denmark–Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 6 August 1746 until his death in 1766. He was the son of Christian VI of Denmark and Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
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Hans Basbøll is a Danish linguist and professor of Nordic languages at the University of Southern Denmark since 1975, member of Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab since 1991 and member of Dansk Sprognævn, the official regulatory body of Danish, in 1991–97. Basbøll has written much on various aspects of Danish, which includes The Phonology of Danish (2005), one of the most complete and authoritative sources on modern Danish phonology, and is currently working at the Center for Child Language at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. A Festschrift honouring Basbøll was published in 2003.
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