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Begun in 1964, the New Hampshire Lottery (originally known as the ''New Hampshire Sweepstakes'') is the second oldest lottery in the United States . (The Puerto Rico Lottery has been in operation since 1934.) New Hampshire's games include Mega Millions, Powerball, Hot Lotto, and numerous scratch tickets. New Hampshire is now part of the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), having joined it in 1995.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=MUSL member list )〕 New Hampshire is also a member of the Tri-State Lottery, whose other members are Maine and Vermont. Established in 1985, the Tri-State Lottery was the nation's first multi-jurisdictional lottery.〔(National Association of State and Provincial Lotteries history section )〕 New Hampshire hosts these drawings. (Mega Millions draws are held in Georgia, while Powerball is drawn in Florida.) All New Hampshire Lottery games require players to be at least 18 years old. ==History == The New Hampshire Sweepstakes was approved by the Legislature in 1963, at the urging of Representative Larry Pickett, from Keene, who had proposed the idea five times over the previous decade. The initial three-member Sweepstakes Commission was sworn into office on August 1, 1963. A special election, on March 10, 1964, allowed residents of New Hampshire's cities and towns to vote for or against the sale of Sweepstakes tickets. Only 13 of New Hampshire's 211 communities voted against the measure. Sweepstakes tickets went on sale two days later, on March 12.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=N.H. Lottery history )〕 Initially, the New Hampshire Sweepstakes was conducted by Thoroughbred horse races at Salem's Rockingham Park, with the winning numbers based on the races, rather than simply drawing numbers from a barrel or using ping-pong balls, to avoid violating US anti-lottery statutes.〔(National Association of State and Provincial Lotteries history section )〕 Tickets were sold mostly in New Hampshire's liquor stores.〔(Rockingham Park history )〕 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「New Hampshire Lottery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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