Royalty caught on to lottery’s moneymaking potential in 1520, when King Francis I of France held the first ever state lottery. The proceeds went to the Royal Court. Forty years later, in the 1560s, lottery fever crossed the English Channel when Queen Elizabeth I decided to hold her own state lottery to raise money to improve England’s ailing harbors.
Royalty hawakupata juu ya uwezekano wa bahati nasibu moneymaking katika 1520, ambapo Mfalme Francis I wa Ufaransa uliofanyika ya kwanza kabisa hali ya bahati nasibu. Ya kuendelea kwenda Mahakama ya Royal. Miaka arobaini baadaye, katika 1560s, na bahati nasibu homa walivuka Channel Kiingereza wakati Queen Elizabeth I aliamua kufanya hali yake mwenyewe bahati nasibu ya kuongeza fedha ili kuboresha Bandari ya England wagonjwa.