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A Brief History of Luck: From Ancient China to the Modern Day
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A Brief History of Luck: From Ancient China to the Modern Day

This article takes a trip back in time to explore the ancient origins of the lottery. It covers the first recorded "Keno" slips in China used to fund the Great Wall, the Roman Empire’s dinner-party lotteries, and how early American colonies used lotteries to build schools and roads, showing how the "painless tax" has evolved over centuries.
A Brief History of Luck: From Ancient China to the Modern Day