Lotteries have been with us for a long time. They go so far back that theyre mentioned in the Bible, and Caesar himself is known to have encouraged lottery games in Rome to help pay for repair work that needed to be done in the city. Legend has it that even the Great Wall of China was paid for by the proceeds of lottery games.
In medieval times, Europe was a hotbed of lottery activity. In 1420, residents of the French town of LEcluse decided to follow Caesars lead by using a public lottery to help raise money; this time to increase the towns defenses. Charitable causes prompted officials in the Belgium city of Bruges to hold a lottery in 1466 to raise money for the poor and needy.
In the early 16th century, the Italians caught lottery fever when they introduced the idea of a number lottery in Florence. Interestingly, the word lottery is thought to originate from the Italian lotto, which simply means fate.
Royalty caught on to lotterys moneymaking potential in 1520, when King Francis I of France held the first ever state lottery. The proceeds went to the Royal Court. Forty years later, in the 1560s, lottery fever crossed the English Channel when Queen...
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