Lotteries have been with us for a long time. They go so far back that they’re mentioned in the Bible, and Caesar himself is known to have encouraged lottery games in Rome to help pay for repair work that needed to be done in the city. Legend has it that even the Great Wall of China was paid for by the proceeds of lottery games.
Lotterier kuwa nasi kwa muda mrefu. Waende mpaka sasa uko nyuma kwamba waliotajwa katika Biblia, na Kaisari mwenyewe anajulikana kuwa na moyo bahati nasibu michezo katika Roma kwa msaada wa kulipa kwa kutengeneza kazi zinahitajika kufanyika katika mji huo. Legend ana hata Ukuta Mkuu wa China zililipwa kwa ajili ya kuendelea na ya michezo ya bahati nasibu.