Lottery around the world
Throughout the 1500s and up until the 1900s, the lottery began to work its way around the world. It started in France, where King Francis I decided to repeat the lottery, which he saw during his campaign in Italy. The idea was, to finance public finances, but it was a colossal failure, since the tickets were too expensive for an ordinary person and those, who could afford them, did not believe in this idea. As a result, the lottery actually became banned in France for several centuries.
Next country, who tried to hold the lottery in a more modern sense, was England under Queen Elizabeth I. The idea was, to strengthen the kingdom, and everyone, who bought the ticket, the prize was guaranteed, equal to the amount of money spent. Instead of instant draws and instant wins, this form of lottery was similar to our today's Treasury bonds. People were able to purchase tickets, and in three years they will receive their prize. In the meantime, the government would take this money as a kind of loan to, to do that, what they want. She also pioneered the stock system, which will approach our modern stock market.
In the United States at about 1612 year King James I offered the American colonialists this lottery. These lotteries, which, according to our data, about 200, helped build the infrastructure of the new colonies and even finance Princeton, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, our history and the history of the lottery have intertwined, the money was used to help militias during the French and Indian Wars and even to fund an expedition against Canada.
Many in those days founded lotteries, and even Benjamin Franklin organized a lottery, which would help protect Philadelphia. In some cities and regions of the country, lotteries are held for almost all, and some give money prizes, while others offer prizes in the form of items. These lotteries were really very popular and became even more popular., when there were many prizes (as evidenced by our modern lotteries).
Spain was one of the last areas, where the lottery was held, with their first games around 1763 year. Since, but, it has become a kind of tradition to play in Spain and is mainly associated with the Christmas lottery. Actually, almost everyone wants to play the Christmas lottery, and it became the second longest lottery, which is constantly held anywhere in the world. it, certainly, feat in itself, especially considering, that the lottery even continued until the end of the Spanish Civil War.
Other countries, such as Australia, Canada, Thailand, UK and Mexico, started work on lottery systems some time after that, most of which started in the late 1800s. Games were used to raise funds for such purposes, how to help veterans, as well as various military events. Generally, these funds were collected by the government and used for various projects. Nevertheless, some countries have actually banned this practice for different periods of time or made it illegal to play any version of the game, other than government sponsored. As a result, this led to a kind of monopoly, which is still owned by many countries.
