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A official lottery is a form of gambling which is present in United States of America as well as in Europe. It’s guided by the government and that’s the reason some countries don’t have such a form of gambling because the government outlawed it, while in other countries it became a national lottery.
Before 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 along with taxes.
Sometimes the lottery is described as a regressive tax. It is called a “tax on stupidity” as a result of the minimal chances to win the big prize. Even when it really is used to describe this type of gambling, the term “tax” isn’t strictly correct because these descriptions are used to make people realize that these games are government-sanctioned operations and they attract only people who do not know that buying a lottery ticket is a simple economic decision.
Lotteries come in several formats. Some lotteries can provide a prize which is based upon money and some of them on goods.
Lottery tickets are usually checked on the computer using mark sense-technology, which could check in less than one second if a combination of numbers was chosen by anyone.
Do not 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 that it was different from these days lottery, because, even when guests were receiving some tickets (the prize often consisted of fancy items), the ones who were unlucky received prizes, too. For this reason, this kind of lottery was a sort of distribution of gifts by wealthy noblemen.
