Richardson, Goodluck, & Co. were stock-brokers and licensed lottery-office keepers in Cornhill and Charing Cross, London. Goodluck was actually an elderly lady who was made a partner and paid £50 per year by Richardson for the use of her name. She had no other duties with the firm.

Lotteries were adopted by the Government in 1567 as a means of generating revenue and continued through 1826 when the last state lottery was held.

Tokens, such as this one, were created to induce people to participate in the lottery.

It was Richardson's practice to never reveal the names of the fortunate winners who purchased tickets at his office but after numerous inquiries about lottery prize number 12807 Richardson felt compelled to publish a list of the winners minus their names.

Among those mentioned were:

A clergyman near Briggs, Licolnshire
A housekeeper at King Street, Grosvenor Square
Two gentlemen at Newmarket
Two ladies (sisters), Bloomsbury