You think lotteries are only 100 years old? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_1612%E2%80%931900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#E

You think lotteries are only 100 years old? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_1612%E2%80%931900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_16... >Lotteries in colonial America played a significant part in the financing of both private and public ventures. It has been recorded that more than 200 lotteries were sanctioned between 1744 and 1776, and played a major role in financing roads, libraries, churches, colleges, canals, bridges, etc.[5] In the 1740s, the foundation of Princeton and Columbia Universities was financed by lotteries, as was the University of Pennsylvania by the Academy Lottery in 1755.