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Lotteries have been immensely popular down through history. They have been used as fundraisers, as tools of State governments to raise revenue, and the subject of a novel where the loser in the lottery was killed by the townsfolk. Where did they come from though?
The earliest Archaeological evidence of a lottery-style games dates back to the Pharaohs of Egypt. Keno, a form of lottery, is more than 3,000 years old and was used by the ancient Chinese to pay for the construction of Great Wall of China. Historical evidence points to the first lottery that included prize money being held in Florence, Italy in 1530. Elizabeth the First of England established a lottery in 1569 and by 1612 lotteries were showing up in America. In Virginia the lottery was responsible for the bulk of Jamestown’s budget.
The lottery was a big part of American independence as it was one of the major contributors to funding the Colonial Army in the Revolutionary War. It was lottery money that bought guns and supplies for the brave men fighting the redcoats.
Today the lottery is alive and well in almost every state in the union. They have become a vital part of each state's revenues, funding a variety of programs, such as elderly care, education, and often, economic development. |
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