You won't get an answer. But this near atheist Wasp thinks slots and lottery tickets are Satan's work. They prey upon the poor and the addicted, and cause ever more to be addicted. It's evil. The issue causes some very recessive Calvinist genes in me to come out.
That's how I feel about it, too. Nothing makes me sicker than having the Lottery numbers touted every evening as the top news story on the local TV news.
Again, that was because it was supposed to be a boon to the school systems, as to why they still do this - like it's a "public service announcement." For the children.