[Fzob]

Lottery = State Tax on the mathematically challenged.

[Fixit]

I prefer the term "Tax on hope".

[David1]

Well, I consider myself mathematically challenged. That's why I do play lotto occasionally when the prize becomes big. I only play a few bucks. Hey, you never know. But I do play responsibly.

[Petronski]

Lottery = State Tax on the mathematically challenged.

My economics professors always called it, many years ago, the 'Inverse Tax on Math Skills.'