If you really think about it, there are an extraordinary range of life’s situations that can be inherently risky. Nearly everything a person does is some form of gambling. Even with such mundane act of getting up and going to work, increases one’s prospects of being killed in a transportation accident. In face of today and everything you know about investing, whether it be in business, an asset class (stocks, bonds, real-estate, cash and commodities), or index fund, even in its most basic element, it’s nothing more than “betting” that someday tomorrow is going to be better with pleasant expected returns on investment; or maybe not. There is only one big risk you should avoid and that is the risk of doing nothing and not taking your chance.

Come to look-at it in face value, investing in any money market really is, legalized gambling, per se. You may look-at investing with regards to chart formation, or you put your hard earned money within the utilities anticipating when they are “due”, you cash in or again maybe not; or you decide to have any among the hundreds of analysts culling spreadsheets or fund index investors work on the fundamentals of investing for you in manufacturing, real estate, cash and commodities-no matter what your reasoning for that, if that’s not gambling, then what is? Basically, you are betting that in 5, 10 or 15 years from now there will be lots of individuals, buying more stuff, utilizing more energy, reliant on more gadgets-with hope which you can cash in; or perhaps not. You are basically “betting” on all of it.

So it’s, with the lottery-a type of gambling with origins in Florence, Italy, where the very first lottery was held within the 16th Century, then called the Lotto de Firenze, and quickly adopted by other Italian towns. It became a national lottery, but still known today as the Lotto in Italy, as also adopted and called in many other countries, such as the United States. The lottery, as a form of government-licensed gambling, involves drawing of lots for a wide selection of winnings and for the massive jackpot prize. Gambling, like poker, blackjack, roulette, sports betting and racing, can involve skill or just chance alone; but the official lottery will not require any special skills-set to play.

As with any risk, there’s always something at stake. Even when you elect to take the risk of starting a business, you stand to lose money, time and also your reputation. The same things you stand to gain when you take the possibility to start your own business. The lots you buy to play the lottery are today within the form of tickets and the prize is usually a big sum of cash. The draws are random and every player has an equal chance of winning the key prize which often grows really big with massive roll over jackpots.