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Lotteries were originally run by organized crime. Legalizing state run lotteries was essentially the cure for that.

chucksta 4y ago
You think lotteries are only 100 years old? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_1612%E2%80%931900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_16... >Lotteries in colonial America played a significant part in the financing of both private and public ventures. It has been recorded that more than 200 lotteries were sanctioned between 1744 and 1776, and played a major role in financing roads, libraries, churches, colleges, canals, bridges, etc.[5] In the 1740s, the foundation of Princeton and Columbia Universities was financed by lotteries, as was the University of Pennsylvania by the Academy Lottery in 1755.
moistly 4y ago
> Lotteries were originally run by organized crime. In BC, they still are. “B.C. disbanded RCMP unit after report warned possible crime figure bought stake in casino” https://globalnews.ca/news/6403415/organized-crime-bc-casinos-rcmp-report/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6403415/organized-crime-bc-casino... “BC Lottery Corp. didn’t block mysterious casino cash due to ‘hundreds of millions’ in estimated losses: inquiry” https://globalnews.ca/news/7607782/bc-lottery-corporation-mysterious-cash-cullen-commission/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7607782/bc-lottery-corporation-my... “Lottery corporation was aware of suspicious cash at B.C. casinos, former VP says” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-lottery-vp-briefing-money-laundering-provincial-casinos-1.5889066 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-lottery-v... “B.C. lottery CEO 'blown away' by organized crime threat” https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-lottery-ceo-blown-away-by-organized-crime-threat-1.5286858 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-lottery-ceo-blown-away-by-organize... Our previous government was literally criminal. An excellent investigative journalist wrote a book about it. Well worth becoming aware of what went on. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57427971-wilful-blindness https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57427971-wilful-blindnes...
ixwt 4y ago
There are ways to make Lotteries fair, even without it being state sponsored. For example, the old Numbers[0] games often used public, hard to influence sources. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdIzYtnKDII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdIzYtnKDII

You think lotteries are only 100 years old? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_1612%E2%80%931900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery#Early_United_States_16... >Lotteries in colonial America played a significant part in the financing of both private and public ventures. It has been recorded that more than 200 lotteries were sanctioned between 1744 and 1776, and played a major role in financing roads, libraries, churches, colleges, canals, bridges, etc.[5] In the 1740s, the foundation of Princeton and Columbia Universities was financed by lotteries, as was the University of Pennsylvania by the Academy Lottery in 1755.

moistly 4y ago

> Lotteries were originally run by organized crime. In BC, they still are. “B.C. disbanded RCMP unit after report warned possible crime figure bought stake in casino” https://globalnews.ca/news/6403415/organized-crime-bc-casinos-rcmp-report/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6403415/organized-crime-bc-casino... “BC Lottery Corp. didn’t block mysterious casino cash due to ‘hundreds of millions’ in estimated losses: inquiry” https://globalnews.ca/news/7607782/bc-lottery-corporation-mysterious-cash-cullen-commission/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7607782/bc-lottery-corporation-my... “Lottery corporation was aware of suspicious cash at B.C. casinos, former VP says” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-lottery-vp-briefing-money-laundering-provincial-casinos-1.5889066 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ex-lottery-v... “B.C. lottery CEO 'blown away' by organized crime threat” https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-lottery-ceo-blown-away-by-organized-crime-threat-1.5286858 https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-lottery-ceo-blown-away-by-organize... Our previous government was literally criminal. An excellent investigative journalist wrote a book about it. Well worth becoming aware of what went on. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57427971-wilful-blindness https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57427971-wilful-blindnes...

ixwt 4y ago

There are ways to make Lotteries fair, even without it being state sponsored. For example, the old Numbers[0] games often used public, hard to influence sources. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdIzYtnKDII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdIzYtnKDII