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I personally like the saying "the lottery is a tax on the innumerate"

• ALittleLight 7y ago
  Although it's a bit cruel because the "innumerate" are disproportionately poor. Lottery tickets may be driven more by despair and hope for an improbable escape than by innumeracy.
  • gowld 7y ago
    Considering how much people spend on lottery, and how much value they could get by spending that money on real products, it's innumeracy.
  • larrydag 7y ago
    Innumeracy isn't about the poor. I know a lot of people who play the lottery especially when the prize is big. My concern with the poor and the lottery is exploitative. It believe it is akin to a gambling addiction and a false hope. It is a government run institution that exacerbates a mental illness or exploiting a mental disability.