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The lottery may be a scam, but every once in a while a person wins. I won $12,900 ($3 wager) and my
husband won $52,600 ($11 wager) both on pick fours. But, winning is few, far and in-between as we
players all understand, but, you see we are risk takers--the stupidity falls under the category of
how much you are wiling to loose at any given time. A fool and his money are soon departed. But, the
wise wager wisely. |
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They are simply taxing stupidity. |
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Sure it's a scam but the money earned helps to pay for education (in the US) ...and Lord knows we
need all the help we can get! |
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This is so true. The lottery is a big rip off. Millions of people play it with the hopes of winning.
However, if they understood the odds of winning, they would probably think twice before playing the
lottery. The only people who really win the lottery on a weekly basis is the lottery commission.
They make millions of dollars off of a bunch of losers. People should not spend a lot of money on
the lottery. It is okay to play, just don't spend too much money on something you probably won't
win. States should put a limit on the number of lottery cards that one can buy. |
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I've heard you have a better chance of dying on your way to buy a lottery ticket than you have of
winning the lottery. |
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My uncle enters the lottery all the time, and of course, has never won. With all the money he spent
on lottery tickets, he probably could have gotten something nice and fancy. |
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More and more states are relying on lottery, and now casinos, to assist in the funding of various
noble endeavors, like education. It seems less than ethical to prey on the most desperate and least
able to afford this "entertainment". If the politicians are so gutless that they cannot impose a
legitimate tax, there should not be such a tax and their endeavors should wither on the vine. Our
politicians see residents running to other states for their lottery tickets, or to the casinos and
they wring their hands at the revenue the other states are gaining. These politicians are willing
to gamble the gain of some tax dollars for the communities, families and lives that are lost in the
process. |
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I agree with both of them... How many times has the powerball gotten above 1 million because nobody
won... The more money put out there, the more people are going to spend, the more companies make |
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Hidell has pretty much said it all.
As a form of gambling it offers terrible odds compared to other forms available. The chances of
picking 3 numbers is 50-1, for a payout of 9-1. Great. If you really want to be "in it to win it"
just put your £1 on 10 correct football scores, the reward is more fitting to the chances of
getting them right. You will still lose though, so best to just give a pound to a charity of your
choice. |
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The lottery is like Robin Hood in reverse. It robs from the poor and gives to the rich. It takes
money away from the poorest people for whom it represents the only real hope of escaping from their
plight, and uses the cash to fund middle class leisure interests such as opera, theatre and
classical music.
It could be construed as a tax on stupidity, but perhaps intelligent people, at least the ones that
find themselves in government, should be taking pity on stupid people rather than taking advantage
of them. |
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I don't think it is a scam because I don't think it is fixed. However, with huge slot machine
winnings, like Megabucks, it has been shown that relatively few "types" win. No black person has
ever won. Though men play more frequently, substantially more women win. And sometimes the same
person wins more than once though they may play infrequently. Also, Megabucks seldom hits in major
casinos. Something is just not right there.
I believe the Megabucks jackpot is random to a degree, but I think that when it comes up,
controllers can pinpoint through cameras what type of person they want it to go to--to placate the
major population and get them to continue playing. I have worked in the casino industry. I do know
that those who play progressive slot machine are viewed though many hidden cameras in the machine
because I have seen and posted the photos these machine cameras take and I have watched these
unbelievably tiny cameras being installed. |
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Not rele!! |
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The likelihood of winning the lottery is available and, one might say, well publicized; the public
are aware how much they could win and how much they are paying. Nobody is forcing people to play, so
I am unsure as to where the logic is in declaring it as an 'ingenious scam'. I would agree that it
is unwise to enter the lottery, but to therefore support the idea that the concept is treacherous
and deceitful is, I think, unjustified. |
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The lottery does not exist. Everyone is being deceived by the none existent lottery. In fact if
there is one it is most likely controlled by Nazis and so should be incinerated. |
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26 May 2008 13:14
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