Lottery. Since when?🫶🫶🫶
Lottery has an interesting and long history, too! The concept of taking a gamble for prize money has existed since ancient times, but the form that lottery, as we know it today, began to take shape in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
☑️ the beginning of the gamble:
Ancient Chinese 📌: There is evidence that during the Han Dynasty (about 205 BC to 187 AD), a lottery-like game was played called "Keno (Keno)," in which the proceeds of issuing this lottery were used for the construction of large projects such as the Great Wall of China.
📌 Roman Empire: Emperor Augustus once held raffles to distribute prizes at banquets, with prizes of small items, and on occasion raffles to raise funds to repair the city.
☑️ modern lottery:
Europe's Medieval 📌: Lotteries in their closest form to the present began in European cities, to raise funds for public projects.
📌 Belgium: The city of Ghent, Belgium, has a record of organizing a raffle to raise funds for the city in c.1441 (1984), which is considered one of the oldest evidenced raffles in Europe.
📌 Italy: In the 16th century, the city of Genoa developed a drawing of senatorial candidates, with 5 of the 90 numbers captured, the origin of the widespread "Lotto" game.
📌 England: Queen Elizabeth I approved the organization of the first British National Lottery in 1566 (179) to raise funds for harbour improvements and other public projects.
☑️, so to say, "lottery" in a similar sense to today began in about the 15th century (1900), with clear evidence in Belgium and then in Europe. "
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