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In the United States, lotteries are run by 47 jurisdictions: 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the US, lotteries are subject to the laws of each jurisdiction; there is no national lottery. == History == Gambling as a generalization has roots in the United States and other English colonies as far back as the 1600s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= History of Gambling in the United States )〕 Not every colony allowed gaming, however. The Massachusetts-Bay Colony, for example, did not allow cards, dice or gaming tables, even in private residences.〔 In most colonies however, gambling was seen as a harmless distraction, as long as it was played in a gentlemanly manner.〔 The acceptance of gambling in the colonies was fairly short-lived by English investors, as it was seen as a sign of laziness and as a vice.〔 The investors saw gambling as a root cause of the colonies' inability to sustain themselves.〔 While lotteries were not only used as a form of entertainment, they were a revenue source to help fund the colonies. The financiers of Jamestown for instance, funded lotteries in order to raise money to support their colony.〔 These lotteries were quite sophisticated for the time period and even included instant winners.〔 Not long after, each of the 13 original colonies established a lottery system to raise revenue, and playing the lottery became a civic responsibility.〔 In early American history, legislators commonly authorized lotteries to fund schools, roads, bridges, and other public works. Evangelical reformers in the 1830s began denouncing lotteries on moral grounds, and petitioned legislatures and constitutional conventions to ban them. Recurring lottery scandals and a general backlash against legislative corruption following the Panic of 1837 also contributed to anti-lottery sentiments.〔 From 1844 to 1859 alone, ten new state constitutions contained lottery bans.〔 By 1890, lotteries were prohibited in every state except Delaware and Louisiana. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lotteries in the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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