ABSTRACT
C hapter 1 T he H istory o f Lotteries T h e w ord lo ttery (French: loterie ; G erm an: Lotterie) refers to any arrang em en t for d is tr ib u tin g prizes by chance am ong purchasers of tickets. It is derived from the word lot (O ld English: hlot; G erm anic: Meut, hlaut] D utch: lo t; D anish: lod), which describes an ob jec t used in deciding a m a tte r of chance.
