Win or Lose Corporation

The Win or Lose Corporation, also known as the Win or Lose Oil Company, was an oil company founded in Louisiana in 1934 by former Governor of Louisiana and then Senator Huey Long and James A. Noe, an independent oilman and member of the Louisiana State Senate. The company, which was founded in the heyday of Long's political power in Louisiana, was established to obtain leases on state-owned lands so that its directors might collect bonuses and sublease the mineral rights to the major oil companies. Although ruled legal, these activities were done in secret, and the stockholders were unknown to the public. Long made a profit on the bonuses and the resale of those state leases and used the funds primarily for political purposes.