| In 1763 Spanish lottery El Gordo was founded. It | | | | In 1967 New York was the second state to renew |
| ranges among the long-livers as it still exists. | | | | lotteries. |
| In 1776 The American Colonial Army started to be | | | | 1969 Amendments made to the Criminal code of |
| completely supported by the funds from the lotteries. | | | | Canada legalized gambling and gave an opportunity to |
| In 1789 there was a peak of activity of lotteries after | | | | use lotteries, build casinos and license charity and |
| ratification of the Constitution and it lasted till stiffening | | | | religious organizations where gambling can be held |
| of the taxation and wave of anti-lottery reforms. | | | | according to the rules stipulated by law. A new |
| Before 1790 lotteries were the most wide spread | | | | application of lotteries was found in America. |
| method of private financing in America. | | | | Recruitment of soldiers was done by drawing. Later |
| In 1790 50 colleges, 300 schools and two hundred | | | | this system was cancelled and it was replaced by |
| churches were built on income from American lotteries. | | | | voluntary recruitment in the military ranks. |
| The most famous university such as Harvard, Yale, | | | | In 1970 lottery was retrieved in New Jersey. Manitoba |
| Princeton and Columbia were funded by the lotteries. | | | | and Quebec arranged the first modern Canadian |
| In 1817 in Low Canada (now Quebec), there was an | | | | lotteries. The same year in Soviet Russia there was a |
| effort to ban all gambling. But it failed. The society | | | | lottery trial called "SPORTLOTO". 49 kinds of sports |
| opposed. | | | | were given ordinal numbers. 1,5 million sold tickets took |
| In 1820-1878 lottery corruption in USA became | | | | part in the drawing. The ball with winning numbers |
| unrestrained. Either the prizes were not paid at all or | | | | were taken out from the transparent drum after a |
| were paid in the amount much less than it had been | | | | few rotations. |
| announced. America realized that she could not | | | | In 1971 the first completely automatic lottery-tote |
| regulate lotteries that were emerging every single | | | | system was launched in America. |
| second. As a result the mayors of the states included | | | | In 1973 a corporation Olympic Lottery was founded in |
| the bill banning the lotteries to the agenda. | | | | Canada. It was aimed to collect funds for Olympic |
| In 1820-s in New Work the first constitutional prohibition | | | | Games in Montréal in 1976. Scientific Games |
| of the lotteries in US was issued. | | | | Company developed instant lotteries, when you can |
| In 1849 the state lotteries were held in Australia. In 1970 | | | | find out the result of the lottery just scratching away |
| Sydney Opera House was built using one of them. | | | | the protection cover. |
| In 1856 "Act Concerning Lotteries" banned all the types | | | | "Sporloto 2" soon followed after the first lottery in the |
| of lotteries in Canada. This Act in particular affected | | | | Soviet Union. The purchased ticket participated |
| French and Catholic clergy, for whom lotteries were | | | | simultaneously in two drawings. Drawing lots were on |
| quite a substantial support. | | | | the same day. Then the organizations applied |
| In 1863 After the union of Italy the first national lottery | | | | automatic lottery drums that were used in other |
| Lotto was established. Drawing was held once a | | | | countries. Stirring and selecting the ball was done |
| week and the money went to the treasury. | | | | without involving a person. Manipulating such a lottery |
| In 1878 all the states except Louisiana refused from | | | | was quite difficult. |
| lotteries. The lottery was organized in 1869 and existed | | | | In 1975 advertising of American lotteries in the media, |
| for 25 years. | | | | including radio and television was allowed. |
| In 1912 lotteries were allowed at the horse tracks in | | | | Since 1976 Russian could take part in "Saturday |
| Canada. | | | | Sportloto", and drawings were held with the help of |
| In 1917 Queensland State Lottery came into force in | | | | lottery drums, stirring of the balls was performed with |
| Australia. | | | | the air stream. Borrowing from Canada the idea of |
| In 1930 Irish lotteries were launched and they were a | | | | financing sport, all the money was applied for |
| big success in Canada and America because of the | | | | preparation of 1980 Olympics. |
| lack of lotteries in these countries. They also included | | | | In 1985 symbols of Russian lotteries "Sportloto" and |
| lotteries arranged for the interests of the Irish hospitals. | | | | "Sprint" were created, the balls from the drums started |
| In 1933 after 100-year ban the lottery in France was | | | | to roll out one-by-one. |
| retrieved. It was called Loterie natinale. It was stopped | | | | In 1987 a new Russian lottery based on the tote |
| only before the start of WORLD WAR II. When the | | | | "Sportprognoz"(Sportsforecasting), the participants |
| war ended, the lottery proceeded. | | | | were offered to guess the results of the matches |
| In 1964 legislative body of New Hampshire established | | | | between the teams. |
| a state lottery, it related to the totes and was held at | | | | In 1999 the national lottery of Republic of South Africa |
| the horse tracks to get over 70-year federal anti | | | | was organized. |
| lottery statute. Lottery became a very profitable | | | | 63 states are members of the World Lottery |
| business and many states borrowed this idea and | | | | Association. The list of countries where the state |
| implemented it in their states. | | | | lotteries are held is constantly getting longer and longer. |