On December 1st, 1969, America's first military draft lottery since World War II was held. With the war in Vietnam as a backdrop – and the futures of some 850,000 young men (born between 1944-1950) on ...

Every year, on June 27th, in a small village in New England, inhabited by no more than 300 people, a lottery is held in which a family is chosen as part of a ritual to ensure a good harvest.