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What the article doesn't address is what a lottery ticket might give people: hope. And that's what you might need to get up the next day when you are poor. That
by rdlecler1 11y ago
What the article doesn't address is what a lottery ticket might give people: hope. And that's what you might need to get up the next day when you are poor. That said, targeting poor neighborhoods to extract more money from them does seem shameful.
- callumlocke 11y agoHope is an optimistic word for this. I think it would be more accurate to say idle thrill. Passive daydreaming about going from nothing to millions overnight (due to external factors you can't even influence except by buying a ticket) doesn't really count as 'hope' in my view. It's a bit like saying drinking helps people to avoid problems. I mean, technically it does...