Cultural References
In Evelyn Waugh's novel, Scoop (1938), the Sweeps are mentioned in connection with the protagonist, William Boot's, long-cherished wish to fly in an aeroplane: " had promised him a flight if she won the Irish Sweepstake, but after several successive failures she had decided that the whole thing was a popish trick, and with her decision William's chances seemed to fade beyond the ultimate horizon."
The Sweeps are mentioned in "Rage in Heaven" (1941), starring Robert Montgomery and Ingrid Bergman.
Robert Heinlein mentions the Irish Sweeps in his novel, Glory Road (1963), and in his novella, The Man Who Sold the Moon (1950).
In the 1981 episode of WKRP In Cincinnati titled Out To Lunch, Johnny and Venus hand out Irish Sweepstakes tickets to the employees of the station as gifts from a record company rep.
Read more about this topic: Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake
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