Eight funny lottery curiosities.

Mankind is familiar with lotteries for a quite long time. For the time of their existence a lot of funny and interesting events happened. We will share the top 10 curiosities that have happened in the lottery world.


 
1. The first lottery draw was held more than three thousand years ago in ancient China. In those days the winners were picked with some help of a pigeon and the proceeds were sent for certain purposes. In particular, the construction of the Great Wall of China was financed precisely at the expense of lottery money.
 
2. Games that are close to the modern numerical draws were held already in The Middle Ages. At that time the popular format was from 5 out of 90. However, the rates for five numbers were not accepted, otherwise the city's treasuries might not be big enough to pay compensation to the winners. At the same time, the rates of increase in rates were very high. In case of chance of four correct numbers the winner's rate was multiplied 60 thousand times and if one number is equal it multiplied by 14 times.
 
3. In The Middle Ages Benedetto Gentile proposed a fair way of selecting new members of the city council in Genoa. The method was based on a lottery principle - 90 candidates were assigned numbers of which randomly selected only five. Thus, the city not only received new officials, but also witnessed the first lottery draw that was held there.
 
4. The Chilean police have come up with an interesting way to fight entrepreneurs who hide their income. They began to use as lottery tickets shop receipts, which buyers started demanding more often from sellers. Such innocent trick allowed in a short time to calculate the nasty infringers of the tax legislation.
 
5. A similar situation occurred in Thailand, though not with receipts, but with travel tickets. The authorities in this way were able to overcome two problems at once: passengers stopped throwing tickets on the street and the number of fare dodgers in transport decreased.
 
6. The Italians came up with an interesting way to cheer up the participants who could not win anything. On lottery tickets, instead of the standard phrase "No winnings", they write the word "allegri", which means "have fun". Thus, people are reminded that one should not lose their heart, because nothing horrible has happened and life in general is beautiful.
 
7. Drivers in America organise a kind of lottery for fines on the roads. Those who want to experience luck in such a strange way line up on the freeway one after another and go at a speed exceeding the permitted speed, constantly changing the order so that different cars stand at the head of the row. According to local rules, in the case of fixing such a violation (and the probability of this is very high) the penalty is issued only to the driver of the first car of the row of offenders.
 
8. Some time ago in Israel, the world famous tobacco brand L M was holding a raffle under the slogan "Discover America!” lottery tickets were put inside the packs of cigarettes, which then participated in a special draw. Altogether only 40 lucky tickets were issued. The winner was Kiryat-Bialika YossiKam, and he did not smoke at all.
 
Organizers continue to work around the clock to ensure that as many players as possible participate in the draws. Such interesting innovations attract not only the attention of the press, but also potential players who want to try some new format. So go ahead friends and play and let the fortune be on your side

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