In the middle of the 18th century, a notable event occurred in France. Because of the potential for fixing the results in privately operated sweepstakes, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725 - 1798) persuaded Louis XV of France to found the first state-owned monopoly lottery, the Loterie Royale of the Military School, which became the forerunner of the Loterie Nationale. All other lotteries in France were outlawed. This sort of sweepstake was a Keno style game, where players could select 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 numbers between 1 and 90. (Incidentally, Casanova owned an interest in the new lottery and became wealthy as a result, but sold his interest shortly afterwards and lost the proceeds through unwise investments).

Lotteries form an integral part of the national fabric of any country. References to  lottery can be traced back to ancient times – as far back as the Pharaohs in Egypt. They also find mention in the Bible in the Book of Numbers of the Old Testament. References to lottery can be found in ancient Greece in Homer`s ‘The Iliad’. Officially the oldest sweepstake in the World is the Netherlands Lottery known as the Dutch National Lottery, which was founded in 1726, and is operational even today.

Lotteries have always thrived in Europe and are believed to have begun as far as the times of Julius Caesar, in the first century before Christ. Caesar is believed to have introduced a lottery to raise funds for repairs in the city of Rome. In 1434, the earliest public lottery went on record in the Dutch town of Sluis. In fact the word ‘lottery’ is derived from the Dutch word ‘loterij’ which originates from the Dutch noun ‘lot’ meaning ‘fate’. But still, in most cases it is very hard to trace its true origin.

In 1753, a lottery was held to finance the building of the British museum.

In the present period there are several sweepstakes to cooperate in from all-around the World with millions and millions of people buying lottery tickets every day, and you can be in no doubt most folks would adore to know the way to winning the lottery. The lottery has to be the biggest game on the planet today with lottery players playing to win from all over the globe. It is a kind of ‘ abc’ to organize the game.