{"id":1831,"date":"2025-12-06T02:31:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:51:31","slug":"history-of-drawing-lots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/ko\/history-of-drawing-lots\/","title":{"rendered":"When Did Drawing Lots Start? | History of drawing lots (EN\u00b7KR)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"1834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/ko\/history-of-drawing-lots\/drawing-lots-history-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drawing lots history\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;\u201cAn English-only illustrated infographic that presents a timeline of the history of drawing lots. The artwork shows four stages: an ancient figure using divination tools, medieval people drawing lots for duties, an early modern woman operating a lottery drum, and a modern man using a digital lottery machine. The visual style is flat, warm-toned, and educational.\u201d&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1.png\" alt=\"\u201cA vintage-style English infographic illustrating the history of drawing lots across four eras: Ancient divination, Middle Ages land distribution, Early Modern public lotteries, and Modern lottery and gaming systems.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-1834 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/900;width:670px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1.png 600w, https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/coreanlab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drawing-lots-history-1-8x12.png 8w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!-- CoreanLab | A Brief History of Drawing Lots & Random Selection (EN \u00b7 KR) -->\n<article class=\"cl-lots-history\">\n  <style>\n    .cl-lots-history{\n      --bg:#f7f8fc; --card:#ffffff; --ink:#111827; --muted:#6b7280;\n      --accent:#1d4ed8; --accent-soft:#e0edff; --line:#e5e7eb;\n      --radius:18px; --maxw:880px;\n      font-family:\"Pretendard Variable\",\"Inter\",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,system-ui,sans-serif;\n      background:var(--bg); color:var(--ink);\n      padding:40px 16px; box-sizing:border-box;\n    }\n    .cl-lots-history .wrap{\n      max-width:var(--maxw); width:100%;\n      margin:0 auto;\n      background:var(--card); border-radius:var(--radius);\n      box-shadow:0 18px 40px rgba(15,23,42,.08);\n      padding:32px 24px 40px;\n      box-sizing:border-box;\n    }\n    @media 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<strong>\u201c\ubb34\uc791\uc704\ub85c \ubf51\ub294\ub2e4\u201d\ub294 \uc544\uc774\ub514\uc5b4<\/strong>\uac00\n        \uc2dc\ub300\ub9c8\ub2e4 \uc5b4\ub5a4 \ubc29\uc2dd\uc73c\ub85c \uc4f0\uc600\ub294\uc9c0 \uac04\ub2e8\ud788 \uc815\ub9ac\ud574\ubcf8\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"lh-note\">\n        <b>How to read \u00b7 \ubcf4\ub294 \ubc95<\/b><br>\n        \u30fbMain \uc124\uba85\uc740 English, \ubc14\ub85c \uc544\ub798\uc5d0 \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4\ub85c \uc694\uc57d\/\ubcf4\ucda9\uc744 \ubd99\uc600\uc2b5\ub2c8\ub2e4.<br>\n        \u30fb\uc815\ud655\ud55c \uc5f0\ub3c4\ubcf4\ub2e4, \u201c\uc5b4\ub5a4 \uc2dc\ub300\uc5d0 \uc5b4\ub5a4 \uc6a9\ub3c4\ub85c \uc4f0\uc600\ub294\uc9c0\u201d \ud750\ub984 \uc704\uc8fc\ub85c \ubcf4\ub294 \uae00\uc785\ub2c8\ub2e4.\n      <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <!-- ANCIENT ROOTS -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">01 \u00b7 ANCIENT ROOTS<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">Long Before Lotteries: Ancient Ways of Letting \u201cFate Decide\u201d<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uc6b0\ub9ac\uac00 \uc544\ub294 \ubcf5\uad8c\u00b7\uac00\ucc60\ubcf4\ub2e4 \ud6e8\uc52c \uc804\uc5d0, \uace0\ub300\uc778\ub4e4\uc740 \uc774\ubbf8 <b>\uc6b4\uc5d0 \ub9e1\uae30\ub294 \uacb0\uc815 \ubc29\uc2dd<\/b>\uc744 \uc4f0\uace0 \uc788\uc5c8\ub2e4.\n        \uc9c0\uae08 \ud45c\ud604\uc73c\ub85c \ud558\uba74 \u201c\ucd94\ucca8\u00b7\ubf51\uae30\u201d\uc758 \uc6d0\ud615\uc774\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          Long before modern lotteries, ancient civilizations used random selection  \n          to ask the gods, to share land, or to decide who would take a risky role.\n        <\/p>\n        <p>\n          \ud604\ub300\uc2dd \ub85c\ub610\uac00 \ub4f1\uc7a5\ud558\uae30 \ud6e8\uc52c \uc774\uc804\ubd80\ud130, \uace0\ub300\uc778\ub4e4\uc740 <b>\uc2e0\uc758 \ub73b\uc744 \ubb3b\uac70\ub098(\uc810\ubcf5),  \n          \ud1a0\uc9c0\ub97c \ub098\ub204\uac70\ub098, \ub204\uac00 \uc704\ud5d8\ud55c \uc77c\uc744 \ub9e1\uc744\uc9c0 \uc815\ud560 \ub54c<\/b> \uc774\ubbf8 \u201c\ubb34\uc791\uc704 \uc120\ud0dd\u201d\uc744 \ud65c\uc6a9\ud588\ub2e4.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- CHINA \/ EAST ASIA -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">02 \u00b7 EAST ASIA<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">Ancient China &amp; East Asia \u2014 Divination as Proto-Lottery<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uc911\uad6d\u00b7\ub3d9\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\uc5d0\uc11c\ub294 <b>\uc810\ubcf5(\u5360\u535c)<\/b>\uc774 \uc0ac\uc2e4\uc0c1 \ubf51\uae30\uc758 \ucd08\uae30 \ubc84\uc804\uc774\uc5c8\ub2e4.\n        \ud328\ub098 \ub9c9\ub300\uae30, \ubf08 \uc870\uac01 \ub4f1\uc744 \uc11e\uace0 \ud558\ub098\ub97c \ubf51\uc544 <span class=\"inline-en\">\u201cthis is heaven\u2019s answer\u201d<\/span>\ub77c\uace0 \ubcf8 \uac83\uc774\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          In ancient China, divination often used bundles of sticks, shells,  \n          or bones that were cast or drawn at random to interpret the will of heaven.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Oracle bones and divination sticks functioned like an early \u201clot-drawing\u201d system.<\/li>\n          <li>\uac11\uace8\u00b7\uc810\uad18 \ub9c9\ub300\uae30\ub294 \uc624\ub298\ub0a0\uc758 \uc81c\ube44\ubf51\uae30\ucc98\ub7fc, \uc5b4\ub5a4 \uc870\ud569\uc774 \ub098\uc624\ub290\ub0d0\uc5d0 \ub530\ub77c  \n              \u201c\uc2e0\uc774 \uc774\ub807\uac8c \uacb0\uc815\ud588\ub2e4\u201d\uace0 \ud574\uc11d\ud558\ub294 \ub3c4\uad6c\uc600\ub2e4.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- BIBLE \/ ANCIENT ISRAEL -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">03 \u00b7 ANCIENT ISRAEL<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">Casting Lots in the Bible \u2014 Religious Randomness<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uc131\uacbd\uc5d0\ub294 <b>\uc81c\ube44 \ubf51\uae30(casting lots)<\/b>\uac00 \uc5ec\ub7ec \ubc88 \ub4f1\uc7a5\ud55c\ub2e4.\n        \uc81c\uc0ac\uc7a5 \uc21c\uc11c, \ub545 \ubd84\ubc30, \uc8c4\uc778 \ud310\uc815 \ub4f1 \uc911\uc694\ud55c \uacb0\uc815\uc744 \u201c\ubb34\uc791\uc704+\uc2e0\uc758 \ub73b\u201d\uc73c\ub85c \uacb0\uc815\ud588\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          In the Hebrew Bible, \u201ccasting lots\u201d was a formal method to decide  \n          land distribution, priestly duties, or even guilt and innocence.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Random choice was not seen as chaos, but as a way to let God decide.<\/li>\n          <li>\uc644\uc804\ud55c \uacf5\uc815\ud568\u00b7\uc911\ub9bd\uc131\uc744 \ud655\ubcf4\ud558\uae30 \uc704\ud574, \uc0ac\ub78c\uc758 \ud310\ub2e8 \ub300\uc2e0 <b>\uc81c\ube44<\/b>\uc5d0 \uacb0\uacfc\ub97c \ub9e1\uacbc\ub2e4.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- GREECE \/ ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">04 \u00b7 GREECE<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">Ancient Greece \u2014 Randomly Choosing Politicians<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uace0\ub300 \uc544\ud14c\ub124 \ubbfc\uc8fc\uc815\uc5d0\uc11c\ub294 \uc0c1\ub2f9\uc218 \uacf5\uc9c1\uc790\ub97c <b>\ucd94\ucca8(\u03ba\u03bb\u03ae\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2, kleros)<\/b>\uc73c\ub85c \ubf51\uc558\ub2e4.\n        \ub9d0 \uadf8\ub300\ub85c \u201c\uc815\uce58\uc778\uc744 \uc81c\ube44 \ubf51\uae30\u201d\ub85c \uc120\ucd9c\ud55c \uc148\uc774\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          In classical Athens, many public offices were filled by drawing lots,  \n          because random selection was seen as the fairest way to avoid corruption and elites\u2019 domination.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Random rotation spread power across many citizens over time.<\/li>\n          <li>\uad8c\ub825\uc744 \ud2b9\uc815 \uac00\ubb38\u00b7\ud30c\ubc8c\uc774 \ub3c5\uc810\ud558\uc9c0 \ubabb\ud558\uac8c \ud558\ub824\ub294 <b>\ubbfc\uc8fc\uc801 \uae30\uc7ac<\/b>\ub85c \ucd94\ucca8\uc774 \uc4f0\uc600\ub2e4.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- MIDDLE AGES -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">05 \u00b7 MIDDLE AGES<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">Middle Ages \u2014 Sharing Land, Duties, and Burdens<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uc911\uc138 \uc720\ub7fd\uc5d0\uc11c\ub294 \uae38\ub4dc\u00b7\ub9c8\uc744 \uacf5\ub3d9\uccb4\u00b7\uc218\ub3c4\uc6d0 \ub4f1\uc5d0\uc11c <b>\ud1a0\uc9c0\u00b7\uc138\uae08\u00b7\ub178\uc5ed \uc21c\ubc88<\/b>\uc744 \ub098\ub20c \ub54c\n        \ubf51\uae30 \ubc29\uc2dd\uc774 \uc7ac\ud65c\uc6a9\ub418\uc5c8\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          In medieval Europe, lotteries and random draws were used informally to  \n          allocate plots of land, share tax burdens, or decide work rotations.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>It was a practical way to say, \u201cNo favoritism, everyone takes their chance.\u201d<\/li>\n          <li>\ub204\uac00 \uc190\ud574 \ubcf4\uace0 \ub204\uac00 \uc774\ub4dd \ubcf4\ub290\ub0d0 \uc2f8\uc6c0 \ub300\uc2e0, <b>\u201c\ubf51\uae30\ub85c \uc815\ud558\uc790\u201d<\/b>\uac00 \uac08\ub4f1 \uc644\ud654 \uc7a5\uce58\uc600\ub2e4.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- EARLY MODERN LOTTERIES -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">06 \u00b7 EARLY MODERN AGE<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">15\u201318th Century \u2014 The Birth of Public Lotteries<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        \uadfc\ub300\uc5d0 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc11c\uba74\uc11c, \ucd94\ucca8\uc740 <b>\u201c\uacf5\uacf5\uc0ac\uc5c5 \uc790\uae08\uc744 \ubaa8\uc73c\ub294 \ub3c4\uad6c\u201d<\/b>\ub85c \ubc14\ub010\ub2e4.\n        \uc624\ub298\ub0a0 \ub85c\ub610\uc5d0 \uac00\uae4c\uc6b4 <span class=\"inline-en\">public lottery<\/span>\uc758 \uc2dc\uc791\uc774\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          From the 15th century onward, European cities began using lotteries  \n          to raise money for bridges, walls, ports, and wars.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Citizens bought tickets; a few received large prizes by random draw.<\/li>\n          <li>\ub3c4\uc2dc\u00b7\uc655\uc2e4\uc740 \uc138\uae08 \ub300\uc2e0, <b>\u201c\ub2f9\ucca8\uc758 \uafc8\uc744 \ubbf8\ub07c\ub85c \uc790\ubc1c\uc801 \ucc38\uc5ec\u201d<\/b>\ub97c \ub04c\uc5b4\ub0c8\ub2e4.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p>\n          By the 16th century, state-backed lotteries had spread across many parts of Europe,  \n          making \u201clottery\u201d a normal part of public finance.\n        <\/p>\n        <p>\n          16\uc138\uae30\uacbd\uc5d0\ub294 \uc5ec\ub7ec \uc720\ub7fd \uad6d\uac00\uc5d0\uc11c <b>\uad6d\uac00 \uacf5\uc778 \ubcf5\uad8c<\/b>\uc744 \uc6b4\uc601\ud558\uba70, \ucd94\ucca8\uc740  \n          \u201c\ud589\uc815+\uc7ac\uc815 \uc2dc\uc2a4\ud15c \uc548\uc5d0 \uacf5\uc2dd \ud3b8\uc785\ub41c \uc7a5\uce58\u201d\uac00 \ub41c\ub2e4.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- MODERN ERA -->\n    <section class=\"lh-section\">\n      <div class=\"sec-eyebrow\">07 \u00b7 MODERN ERA<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"sec-title\">\n        <span class=\"en\">19\u201320th Century \u2014 From State Lotteries to Everyday \u201cDraws\u201d<\/span>\n      <\/h2>\n      <p class=\"sec-kor-sub\">\n        19~20\uc138\uae30\uc5d0 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc624\uba74 \ubf51\uae30\u00b7\ucd94\ucca8\uc740 <b>\uad6d\uac00 \ubcf5\uad8c + \uc77c\uc0c1 \ubb38\ud654<\/b> \ub450 \ucd95\uc73c\ub85c \ud37c\uc9c4\ub2e4.\n        \uc624\ub298\ub0a0 \uc6b0\ub9ac\uac00 \uc544\ub294 \u201c\ud589\uc0ac \ucd94\ucca8, \uacbd\ud488, \ubcf5\uad8c\u201d \ud2c0\uc774 \uc774\ub54c \ud655\ub9bd\ub41c\ub2e4.\n      <\/p>\n      <div class=\"sec-body\">\n        <p>\n          In the 19th and 20th centuries, random drawing took many forms:  \n          national lotteries, conscription draws, school admission numbers, raffle tickets, and prize events.\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Randomness became a tool for both fairness (e.g., draft lotteries) and entertainment (e.g., raffles).<\/li>\n          <li>\ubcd1\uc5ed \ucd94\ucca8\u00b7\ud559\uad50 \ubc30\uc815\ucc98\ub7fc <b>\uacf5\uc815\uc131\uc744 \uac15\uc870\ud558\ub294 \uc601\uc5ed<\/b>\uacfc,  \n              \uacbd\ud488\u00b7\ucd95\uc81c\ucc98\ub7fc <b>\uc7ac\ubbf8\ub97c \uac15\uc870\ud558\ub294 \uc601\uc5ed<\/b> \ub458 \ub2e4\uc5d0\uc11c \ucd94\ucca8\uc774 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