If gambling is bad then state governments shouldn't be able to run lottos. We either leave people to engage in what we might consider a vice or prohibit it. If

If gambling is bad then state governments shouldn't be able to run lottos. We either leave people to engage in what we might consider a vice or prohibit it. If we prohibit, the government shouldn't be able to have a monopoly on what is, arguably, an even more "gambly" gamble.