Roseburg Couple wins $10 million Lottery

[Paxil]

Minstrel, I understand it is voluntary... but I just don't think lotteries should be used to raise money to run a government. I do understand you point... but it just seems like a way to squeeze money out of the non-rich. No one buys a lotto ticket to give money to government... they actually believe they can win... even though the odds are that if I bought a powerball ticket every day and there was a drawing every day it would be about 10,000 years before I could expect to win once. Of course there are only two drawings a week...

 

[Eastoff]

Minstrel, I understand it is voluntary... but I just don't think lotteries should be used to raise money to run a government. I do understand you point... but it just seems like a way to squeeze money out of the non-rich. No one buys a lotto ticket to give money to government... they actually believe they can win... even though the odds are that if I bought a powerball ticket every day and there was a drawing every day it would be about 10,000 years before I could expect to win once. Of course there are only two drawings a week...

Uh, it one of the higher sources of income for Oregon schools. [Sarcasm]Damn teachers! Tricking people into wasting their money with their disclaimers about "this is not for investment purposes" and putting out ads about gambling can be a serious illness you should talk to your loved ones if you think they have a problem! What about those of us without loved ones?![/Sarcasm]

 

[Minstrel]

Minstrel, I understand it is voluntary... but I just don't think lotteries should be used to raise money to run a government. I do understand you point... but it just seems like a way to squeeze money out of the non-rich. No one buys a lotto ticket to give money to government... they actually believe they can win... even though the odds are that if I bought a powerball ticket every day and there was a drawing every day it would be about 10,000 years before I could expect to win once. Of course there are only two drawings a week...

Well, it's often said: the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

I do understand your feeling that it is regressive in that it plays upon the irrational hopes of those who generally aren't doing too well. Of course, if the lottery didn't exist, such people would try to day trade their way to fortunes or simply go to Las Vegas. There will always be ways to gamble for people who hope to make a quick buck, or lots of bucks, without the education that they either don't have the time, money or motivation to get. At least the government may distribute some of it back in the form of infrastructure and social programs. Casinos definitely aren't going to do that.

 

[barfo]

Did you read that post? If that wasn't MARIS61, then my name is barfo.

goddamn it, how many times have we told you, don't reveal our shared identities? Is that so hard to comprehend? If the other posters realize that barfo and maxiep are one and the same, then they may come to understand all sorts of things that we don't want to make public.

barfo