One of the oldest, if not the oldest lotteries in the world, the North German State Lottery, better known as NKL from the German Nordwestdeutsche Klassenlotterie, is a popular choice among lottery enthusiasts. The odds of winning in the NKL are high, better than any other lottery and tickets are severely limited so they go really fast. Believe it or not, the North German Lottery goes back to the year 1612 and has been running in its current form since 1947.