That's all good in theory, but then what do we do when we have people suffering because they spent all their resources on this ridiculous "game"? I'll tell you

That's all good in theory, but then what do we do when we have people suffering because they spent all their resources on this ridiculous "game"? I'll tell you right now the answer won't end up being "let them wallow in the steets". It ends up just being wildly inefficient. If we care enough to help these people after they are down on their luck, metaphorically and literally, then we should just cut out the middle man and stop having it as an option to waste money on. Alternatively we could stop changing the lottery so it's less efficient at extracting money from people and is closer to a random chance wealth redistribution.