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    Everybody Wants to Win the Lottery!

    Oct 06, 2020 2 minutes
    Neil Shafer, NLG

    It’s a practice that goes back to ancient times. As with so much else, the first recorded evidence of a lottery emanates from China, during the Han Dynasty (205-187 BCE). This activity is believed to have helped fund major government projects, among them a section of the Great Wall. (An archeological survey puts the

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