For approximately a thousand years, maybe more, official lottery people have been testing their luck at various games of chance, or gambling. For example In ancient Rome, the locals bet on many sports...for example the most unbelievable sporting event EVER...the gladiator fights that took place within the Coliseum. In those times, events like which were several of the top gambling spectacles, and in many instances were for the sole entertainment of the Kings and/or Queens of Europe through the middle ages. Royalty were known to be serious gamblers, as well as set the tone for that sort of event... The truth is, there are many books that cover the subject telling the story that many of the Kings and/or Queens were seriously addicted to gambling, and that many nearly bankrupted their own countries because of their addiction.