The risks of scratchers (and other lotteries) is known, controlled, and published. If you feel "ripped off" by a lottery, you are stupid. The risks of startup

The risks of scratchers (and other lotteries) is known, controlled, and published. If you feel "ripped off" by a lottery, you are stupid. The risks of startup investment are murky and subject to manipulation. People can rip off other people. Some of the laws are there to protect people's retirement savings from investment scammers. (Whether those laws are effective or not is a debate I'm not qualified to have.)