> How are huge amount of people losing out if someone passes money to their children, exactly? In the context that, otherwise, it would go to the state in taxa

> How are huge amount of people losing out if someone passes money to their children, exactly? In the context that, otherwise, it would go to the state in taxation and everyone would benefit to a tiny extent. > Is the state at fault [for running the lottery] I'm not sure what you mean by 'at fault', exactly. As you say, people participate of their own accord. The only thing that you could take slight issue with is the "are told up front what the odds are of winning" because (many? most?) humans are notoriously bad at rationalising probabilities, especially astronomically low ones such as the chance of profiting from a lottery.