State-sanctioned gambling is an absolute menace. Lots of states in the US have an ironically-named "Education Lottery", which ostensibly funds public schools. T

State-sanctioned gambling is an absolute menace. Lots of states in the US have an ironically-named "Education Lottery", which ostensibly funds public schools. This is done because people don't want to pay the taxes necessary to fund public schools. Instead, these lotteries effectively take money from the poorest of society to fund the schools instead of taxing progressively (or even more for rich people) to fund the dwindling public school budget (assuming this is even done properly). Meanwhile, proper education would teach people that playing the lottery is a fool's errand. I can only assume the situation is similar on military bases.