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Over 2000 years of Lottery industry. Part2.

In 1763 Spanish lottery El Gordo was founded.get over 70-year federal anti lottery
It ranges among the long-livers as it stillstatute. Lottery became a very profitable
exists.business and many states borrowed this idea
and  implemented  it  in  their  states.
In 1776 The American Colonial Army started to
be completely supported by the funds from theIn 1967 New York was the second state to
lotteries.renew  lotteries.
In 1789 there was a peak of activity of1969 Amendments made to the Criminal code of
lotteries after ratification of theCanada legalized gambling and gave an
Constitution and it lasted till stiffening ofopportunity to use lotteries, build casinos
the taxation and wave of anti-lotteryand license charity and religious
reforms.organizations where gambling can be held
according to the rules stipulated by law. A
Before 1790 lotteries were the most widenew application of lotteries was found in
spread method of private financing inAmerica. Recruitment of soldiers was done by
America.drawing. Later this system was cancelled and
it was replaced by voluntary recruitment in
In 1790 50 colleges, 300 schools and twothe  military  ranks.
hundred churches were built on income from
American lotteries. The most famousIn 1970 lottery was retrieved in New Jersey.
university such as Harvard, Yale, PrincetonManitoba and Quebec arranged the first modern
and  Columbia  were  funded by the lotteries.Canadian lotteries. The same year in Soviet
Russia there was a lottery trial called
In 1817 in Low Canada (now Quebec), there was"SPORTLOTO". 49 kinds of sports were given
an effort to ban all gambling. But it failed.ordinal numbers. 1,5 million sold tickets
The  society  opposed.took part in the drawing. The ball with
winning numbers were taken out from the
In 1820-1878 lottery corruption in USA becametransparent  drum  after  a  few  rotations.
unrestrained. Either the prizes were not paid
at all or were paid in the amount much lessIn 1971 the first completely automatic
than it had been announced. America realizedlottery-tote  system was launched in America.
that she could not regulate lotteries that
were emerging every single second. As aIn 1973 a corporation Olympic Lottery was
result the mayors of the states included thefounded in Canada. It was aimed to collect
bill  banning  the  lotteries  to the agenda.funds for Olympic Games in Montréal in
1976. Scientific Games Company developed
In 1820-s in New Work the firstinstant lotteries, when you can find out the
constitutional prohibition of the lotteriesresult of the lottery just scratching away
in  US  was  issued.the  protection  cover.
In 1849 the state lotteries were held in"Sporloto 2" soon followed after the first
Australia. In 1970 Sydney Opera House waslottery in the Soviet Union. The purchased
built  using  one  of  them.ticket participated simultaneously in two
drawings. Drawing lots were on the same day.
In 1856 "Act Concerning Lotteries" banned allThen the organizations applied automatic
the types of lotteries in Canada. This Act inlottery drums that were used in other
particular affected French and Catholiccountries. Stirring and selecting the ball
clergy, for whom lotteries were quite awas done without involving a person.
substantial  support.Manipulating such a lottery was quite
difficult.
In 1863 After the union of Italy the first
national lottery Lotto was established.In 1975 advertising of American lotteries in
Drawing was held once a week and the moneythe media, including radio and television was
went  to  the  treasury.allowed.
In 1878 all the states except LouisianaSince 1976 Russian could take part in
refused from lotteries. The lottery was"Saturday Sportloto", and drawings were held
organized  in  1869 and existed for 25 years.with the help of lottery drums, stirring of
the balls was performed with the air stream.
In 1912 lotteries were allowed at the horseBorrowing from Canada the idea of financing
tracks  in  Canada.sport, all the money was applied for
preparation  of  1980  Olympics.
In 1917 Queensland State Lottery came into
force  in  Australia.In 1985 symbols of Russian lotteries
"Sportloto" and "Sprint" were created, the
In 1930 Irish lotteries were launched andballs from the drums started to roll out
they were a big success in Canada and Americaone-by-one.
because of the lack of lotteries in these
countries. They also included lotteriesIn 1987 a new Russian lottery based on the
arranged for the interests of the Irishtote "Sportprognoz"(Sportsforecasting), the
hospitals.participants were offered to guess the
results  of  the  matches  between the teams.
In 1933 after 100-year ban the lottery in
France was retrieved. It was called LoterieIn 1999 the national lottery of Republic of
natinale. It was stopped only before theSouth  Africa  was  organized.
start of WORLD WAR II. When the war ended,
the  lottery  proceeded.63 states are members of the World Lottery
Association. The list of countries where the
In 1964 legislative body of New Hampshirestate lotteries are held is constantly
established a state lottery, it related togetting longer and longer.
the totes and was held at the horse tracks to



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