A brief overview of number games
Number games have been played by people from around the world from as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty in 205 BC. It is speculated that some of money from the number games helped finance the construction of the Great Wall of China. Number games were also played at dinner parties during the Roman Empire…
Number games have been played by people from around the world from as early as the Chinese Han Dynasty in 205 BC. It is speculated that some of money from the number games helped finance the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Number games were also played at dinner parties during the Roman Empire where guest would receive a ticket and win silverware, Emperor Augustus was one of the first to introduce number games to the public and some of the proceeds would go to help reparation of Rome.
The earliest records suggest that the first lottery with prize money was done in the 14th century where after it became very popular in Europe and America. These days anybody of age can place a number bet from many different countries on their mobile phone.
The records of the first lottery which took place in the 14th century in Europe show that there were over four thousand tickets sold and that the winner received about 180 thousand dollars in today’s exchange rate.
The winnings of the first lottery is a tiny compared to the biggest lottery winning of all time which took place in America a few years ago in 2016 where three lucky people had the numbers correct and shared the crazy amount of 1,5 billion dollars in the Powerball.
The second biggest lottery payout took place in the UK where one person from Scotland walked away with a cool 185 million dollars in 2011.
Most countries in the world has their own lottery system and it used to be that the only way to be able to participate would be if you resided in that country but this has all changed.
It is now possible to bet on the outcomes of many of the world’s biggest lotteries taking place without having to stand in a queue at a shop and can be done from a mobile phone.
There are a huge variety of many lotteries from countries all over the world available to make predictions on with American and European lotteries all featuring and there are many draws that take place daily.
The payouts on these lotteries can potentially be huge if the numbers that you have selected gets drawn. There are also other options such as quick pick which chooses the numbers for you or choosing on whether the sum of the balls drawn will be odd or even.
Technology certainly has made playing number games much easier than in the 14th century and the payouts are now slightly more.
