[weegee]

There is no product. Just a crap shoot at wish fulfillment.

[atomicpossum]

Helluva way to fund a gummint.

[BenLurkin]

$12 Million

$70 Million

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Most third world countries have three things in common.
1) a lottery
2) soccer
3) small or declining middle class

[prisoner6]

As someone esle mentioned lottery games are basically a tax on the stupid and porr at math.

That said I usually - but not always- play 2 bucks a week on the powerball. If I miss playing I don't freak out like some folks I know.

What I'm waiting for is the HUGE disappointment that will come when the gambilng in PA finally gets up and running. Everybody here has the >expected< revenues spent 5 times already, and the best part is it isn't gonna happen. NOBODY is going to come to places like Pittsburgh to play casino slots. The revenues will all come from the >already strained and meger< discretionary money the residents here have.

And they're the ones who are expecting to reap a windfall from state sponsored gambling via reduced taxes. When all is said and done they'll be worse off than before and lots of mom and pop places, local taverns and such , who support their business via illegal gambilng will be out of business.

The next few years are going to be very interesting in PA. It very well could spell the end of the rat and rino boys in Harrisburg, and pave the way for a conservative takeover.

prisoner6

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I see nothing wrong with a lottery. Even the 1st Continental Congress established a lottery to fund the American Revolution. The Virginia Company financed the settlement of Jamestown with a lottery.

That said, all lottery proceeds should be immediately rebated back to households with children below the federal poverty guidelines to use as vouchers to send their children to private or parochial schools, which would kill off or improve public schools.

[TET1968]

I could use $200 million.

[jimboster]

I play the home version of the lottery- I take 2 dollars from my wallet and throw it out the window.