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Lottery is a progressive tax on stupidity.
by ixtli 11y ago
Lottery is a progressive tax on stupidity.
- ssharp 11y agoThat's a pretty reductive way of saying it.
- ixtli 11y agoI agree though if you've worked in the casino industry as long as I have there's precious few other ways to reason about what's going on in the minds of people who don't understand gambler's fallacy.
- mattmanser 11y agoYou can't dream if you don't play.
- raverbashing 11y agohttp://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2320#comic http://smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2320#comic
- ixtli 11y agoThis is actually not strictly applicable: what SMBC is talking about is a game that is some portion gamble but for which there is a house edge or strategy that you can exploit for gain. A lotto drawing is purely random (read: no skill) so someone with sufficient understanding of the math is no better off than someone who writes in random numbers. The same is true for slot machines.
- eljimmy 11y agoI don't agree with that. I have a friend who plays solely for the entertainment. He doesn't gamble on anything else in his life. He knows full well it is very unlikely he'll ever win, but he enjoys the excitement/fantasizing that it provides him throughout the week.