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    Lotteries have been used throughout history by governments and societies to raise funds for public works, with the earliest records of lotteries found in ancient China and other ancient civilizations. The first known European lotteries occurred during the Roman Empire but were not open to the public, and it was not until the 13th century that the earliest public lotteries developed in the Netherlands to help fund projects to aid the poor and fortify towns. Lotteries continued to be popular as they were seen as a less painful form of taxation compared to other revenue generation methods.

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    Lotteries have been used throughout history by governments and societies to raise funds for public works, with the earliest records of lotteries found in ancient China and other ancient civilizations. The first known European lotteries occurred during the Roman Empire but were not open to the public, and it was not until the 13th century that the earliest public lotteries developed in the Netherlands to help fund projects to aid the poor and fortify towns. Lotteries continued to be popular as they were seen as a less painful form of taxation compared to other revenue generation methods.

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    The Lottery

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    B. History of Lotteries Throughout much of recorded history lotteries have been used as a means to raise funding for public works and continue to be utilized as such today. The presence of lottery games can be traced all the way back to as early as between 205 and 1 ! B.". during the #an $ynasty in what is now "hina. %t is believed that the game &eno' a lottery(like game that is still currently played in modern day casinos' originated at the time. %t is thought that even back then lotteries were used to finance government pro)ects' including one of the most famous' the *reat +all of "hina. ,eferences to lotteries and -drawing lots- have been found in many ancient te.ts from numerous civilizations from /ncient "hina' to the "eltic 0ra' to /ncient *reece in #omer1s The Iliad . The first known 0uropean lottery occurred during the ,oman 0mpire. /t first these lotteries were usually done simply as amusement at dinner parties for the nobility' however during the reign of /ugustus "aesar there are records of the sale of tickets for a lottery in order to raise funds for repairs to the "ity of ,ome. These were not' however' open to the public. %t wasn1t until 1232 that the earliest public lottery went on record ( in the $utch town of 4luis. /nd it wasn1t until at least a decade later that the first lotteries with prizes in the form of money began to appear in numerous towns in 5landers 6present day Belgium' #olland' and 5rance7. These first lotteries with monetary prizes were held to raise money to aid the poor and fund fortifications of the towns. These lotteries were hailed as a less painful form of ta.ation and were 8uite popular amongst the people. %n fact' the 0nglish word lottery is derived from the $utch word loterij which stems from the $utch noun lot meaning -fate-.

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