Friday, February 02, 2007

 

How the lottery/lotto started


Have you ever wondered why and how the lotto was started.

The lottery/lotto, is a scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots hense the words lottery/lotto are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g., the distribution of property among heirs. The absence of any element of skill or play distinguishes the lotto as a form of gambling. Under common law in England and the United States lotteries were lawful. They paid for many public buildings and founded and supported educational, charitable, and religious enterprises. Private lotteries/lotto, which were particularly susceptible to fraudulent practices, were first generally prohibited in the early 19th cent. Most publicly sponsored lotteries/lotto were discontinued not long afterward. With the adoption in 1890 of a federal statute prohibiting the transportation of lottery/lotto tickets or prizes by mail or in interstate commerce, the largest American state lottery/lotto—that of Louisiana—came to an end. It was not until more than 50 years later that state lotteries were again legalized in the United States, when New Hampshire authorized (1963) a sweepstakes lottery/lotto, the proceeds of which were to go to education. With the assistance of computers, 42 states and the District of Columbia now operate daily and weekly lottery/lotto with huge payoffs; states also participate in regional and multistate lotteries/lotto, ranging from Tri-State Megabucks (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont) to Powerball (with 31 states and territories). Often the lottery/lotto drawings are televised. Lotteries/lotto are also lawful in many other countries, some of which jointly operate multinational lotteries.



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