If you really think about it, you'll find a remarkable number of life's situations that can be inherently risky. Nearly everything someone 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, be it in business, an asset class (stocks, bonds, real-estate, cash and commodities), or index fund, even in its most basic element, it really is nothing but "betting" that someday tomorrow is going to be better with pleasant expected returns on investment; or even 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 within any money market really is, legalized gambling, per se. You may look at investing with regards to chart formation, or you put your money in the utilities anticipating when they are "due", you cash in or again maybe not; or you decide to possess 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, dependent on more gadgets-with hope you can cash in; or even not. You are basically "betting" on all of it.

So it really is, with the lottery-a form 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, and still known today as the Lotto in Italy, as also adopted and called in lots of other countries, such as the USA. The lottery, as a type of government-licensed gambling, involves drawing of lots for a range of winnings as well as for the massive jackpot prize. Gambling, like poker, blackjack, roulette, sports betting and racing, can involve skill or just chance alone; but the lottery will not require any special skills-set to play.

As with any risk, often there is something at stake. Even when you choose 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 opportunity to start your own business. The lots you buy to play the official lottery are today in the type of tickets and the prize is often a big sum of money. The draws are random and every player has an equal chance of winning the major prize which often grows really big with massive roll over jackpots.