Who invented the lottery?

In the 7th century BC, Guan Zhong, a famous politician in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, invented the Keno game. 300 years later, a Keno lottery game called "Pigeon Ticket" swept the land of China. The official asked one of the players to designate a bowl at will, and the 20 Chinese characters in it were the lottery "numbers". If there are five or more Chinese characters marked by the player in ink before the corresponding lottery Chinese characters, the prize will be won. Officials use white pigeons to inform players and organizations of the winning results, so this game is called "white pigeon ticket" game.

1275, Kelpolo arrived in the capital of Yuan Dynasty and introduced the white dove lottery to Europe. "Dove ticket" inspired Europeans, who invented lottery games and bingo games.

/kloc-in 0/848, the first generation of immigrants from China arrived in San Francisco, and the "pigeon ticket" Keno game was introduced to the United States. The game of "pigeon ticket" spread rapidly in the United States. By 1900, there will be five pigeon ticket game places in new york, and the number of other cities should not be underestimated. At that time, the game of "pigeon ticket" was illegal in the United States, and people could only play it secretly. Gradually, more and more people know about this China lottery game. Since 195 1, American states have re-enacted laws one after another, recognizing the "pigeon ticket" game as legal and defining it as Keno game. Today, Keno games are still popular all over the world.