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Queen Elizabeth establishes the first English government lottery, which sells 400,000 tickets.
1770sThe to the existence of man." He calls them a "tax on the willing." His personal motive: He thought he'd get more money by raffling a house than by selling it outright.
Mid- to late-1800sStung by corruption scandals surrounding privately run lotteries, almost all states ban the games. In the 1890s, anti-lottery legislation shuts down the last one, the Louisiana Lottery.
1964Continental Congress approves a lottery to help fund its revolutionary army.1812Spain starts its national lottery, El Gordo. It's still running.Early 1800sLotteries are used to finance U.S. churches and colleges (including Harvard), along with other civic improvements across the nation.1826Thomas Jefferson writes his "Thoughts on Lotteries," arguing that "far from being immoral, games of chance are indispensable
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