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A lottery is a type of gambling which is present in United States of America and in Europe. It is guided through the government and that’s the reason some countries don’t have such a form of online gambling agency since the government outlawed it, while in other countries it became a national lottery.
Prior to the World War II this type of gambling was illegal, but in 1960 casinos and lotteries began to appear in USA and Europe and they were used as a means to raise revenue in addition to taxes.
Sometimes the lottery is described as a regressive tax. It’s called a “tax on stupidity” as a result of the minimal chances to win the big prize. Even if it really is used to describe this type of gambling, the term “tax” just isn’t strictly correct since these descriptions are used to make people know that these games are government-sanctioned operations and they attract only folks that do not know that buying a lottery ticket is a simple economic decision.
Lotteries come in lots of formats. Some lotteries can give a prize which is based on money and some of them on goods.
Lottery tickets are often checked on the computer using mark sense-technology, that may check in less than one second if a mix of numbers was chosen by anyone.
Don’t think that the lottery was invented in 1960, after the World War II. Romans were first to play this game – this was a way to relax and amuse at dinner parties. The truth is the fact that it was not the same as nowadays lottery, because, even when guests were receiving some tickets (the prize often consisted of fancy items), those who were unlucky received prizes, too. Consequently, this kind of lottery was a kind of distribution of gifts by wealthy noblemen.
