GAME OF CHANCE
Chinese "The Book of Songs"
Second Millennium BC
Chinese "The Book of Songs"
205 - 187 BC [公元前205年至187年间]
Keno was introduced by the Chinese during Han Dynasty between 205 and 187 BC. This first lottery project is believed to have helped to finance the Great Wall of China. [基诺是在公元前205年至187年间由汉朝引进的。 这个彩票项目被认为有助于资助中国的长城。]
9 May 1445
The “Low Countries” of present-day Netherlands & Belgium first recorded L'Ecluse lottery to offer tickets for sale with prizes in the form of money used to raising funds to build walls and town fortifications.
9 January 1449
The first recorded Italian lottery was organized by the Golden Ambrosian Republic in Milan to finance the war against the Republic of Venice.
1612
The earliest known American Lottery was recorded when King James of England created a lottery to provide funds to Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent British settlement in North America.
10 Dec, 1763
La Primitiva (“The Primitive One”), is run by Loterias y Apuestas del Estado even to this day. It is interesting to note that the Spanish government started its first game on December 10th, 1763.