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The Draft Lottery was a practice in general use, used to select who should have to undertake military service. Before the advent of a permanent professional army, it was not feasible to train all young boys, so some selection process was needed to determine who would or would not be drafted. So as to make this a fair process, it was common practice to organise a lottery, into which all boys of certain age had to be entered. You could choose to create a new [[Custom_Event_Types|custom event type]] or add a Description to a [[Events_in_Gramps#Military_Service|Military Service]] Vocational event to log registering for a Draft Lottery or being selected.