[PCPOET7]

I refer to state lottery as a stupidity tax. believe it or not numbers ran buy the mafia pay out better.

[PLMerite]

“I refer to state lottery as a stupidity tax. believe it or not numbers ran buy the mafia pay out better.”

Yeah, but you meet a better class of people in the 7-11.

[sargon]

Hey, if a state (or states) can generate decent revenue by running a VOLUNTARY numbers racket such as a lottery, I say "Go for it!", because it means there's that much less revenue that has to be raised by the more traditional coercive means.

And, additionally, despite that near zero chance of winning, there is eventually some poor schmuck who gets to turn $2 or so into a life-changing event, and become a multimillionaire.

I say "More power to 'em", and the rest of us "smarter ones" can stick with sports betting, fantasy sports, poker, casinos, horse tracks, the stock market, free enterprise, real estate, and scratch-off tickets.

Life is a crap shoot...