The True Moral Picture and History of the Lottery

Lottery gives people creativity, luck and works toward uplifting the society through giving back. Lottery is for the common good and for the well-being of the community. anything that works towards the well-being of the society is moral and worth embracing.

Lottery is not gambling and the two have no association whatsoever. Lotteries, generally, are for the common good. Many people have been alleviated from the world of abject poverty to dine with the mighty in terms of money through lottery. This is goes with the definition that lottery is a form of game in which winners are chosen by drawing of lots, from among those who have paid money to participate. All promotional schemes that require a consideration or a purchase to take part then the offering of the prizes only on the basis of random chances are known as lottery. This is just part of what lottery means but a lot of goodies lies beneath the counter.

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Lottery, so far is the only initiative that is involved in corporate social responsibility in helping and giving back to the society. In Kakamega Kenya for instance, one is prone to see most shades at most bus stations erected and constructed by various lottery clubs. Some clubs has gone as far as helping bright and need students have access to education in most institutions of higher learning.

According to The Economist on July 2010, lottery is a major international commercial activity, with a legal lottery market totalling an estimated 335 billion dollars in the year 2009. According to Gambling and the Law, retrieved on Wikipedia Thursday 2nd June, lottery requires three major elements; consideration, chance and prize.

Lottery is as old as human kind. According to The Library, lottery dates back as early as 1600s with the United States of America being the one with the outstanding history of lottery activities. In fact, the United States was the first country to have legal lottery activities according to existing history though some researchers argue that the Romans started lottery as early as the 16 AD.

Professor I. Nelson Rose says that lottery has evolved through three major waves as shown below in the United States and has now spread to other countries;

1. During the colonial period and lasted until mid-1800s.
2. At the close of civil war and lasted until the 20th Century.
3. During the Great Depression and is still going strong.

Lottery, therefore, is like an idea. It is how one sees it. One may see it as a game, another as luck, another as charity and another as a chance and an opportunity to get rich. Lottery is legal and morally supported by the society in general and depending on how one sees and takes it, lottery is society itself and is within us.