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"What about lottery winners who win over $10 million? Should lotteries be capped at $10 million? " Actually I think so. I would prefer if more people won a mod
by maxxxxx 8y ago
"What about lottery winners who win over $10 million? Should lotteries be capped at $10 million?
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Actually I think so. I would prefer if more people won a modest amount vs. one person winning tens of millions with a large jackpot.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIt would definitely make more people realize how much of a money waste lotteries are. If you'd expect to win $1000 every year, you'd quickly realize you spend more on tickets than you get back.
- Pristina 8y agoI can spend $1 on a ticket and feel an insane whirlwind of emotion imagining myself winning $1 billion, or i can spend $1 on a candy bar and feel some pleasure eating it. If buying a lottery ticket is a waste of money then all forms of entertainment are.
- pluma 8y agoOoh, nice one. A genuine defense of gambling as pure entertainment rather than a system built on exploiting addicts and people's irrational perception of chance events. I haven't seen that in decades. Are you next going to say cigarettes aren't addictive? EDIT: Okay, fine, here are citations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_gambling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_gambling https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.13929 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.13929
- cardboard 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html