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The basic elements of lotteries are usually quite simple. First, there must be some means of recording the identities of the bettors, the amounts staked by each, and the number(s) or other symbols on which the money is bet. The bettor may write his name on a ticket that is deposited with the lottery organization for subsequent shuffling and possible selection in the drawing. Or the bettor may buy a numbered receipt in the knowledge that this number will be entered into a pool of numbers, the bettor having the responsibility of determining later if his ticket was among the ...(100 of 2565 words)