I agree. Private gambling is one thing, as another government tax yecch.
You running for Patty Murray's Senate seat or something?
Seems you have your demonkratic platform down already.
As they say, the lottery is a tax upon those who never studied math. As such is a regressive, unjust tax which hits the poor and the uneducated. One person spends $1.00 on a lottery and another person spends $500.00. Has his chances increased 500-fold? No. Their chances at winning are virtually equal, but the popular illusion rakes in the dough of the uneducated.
It is indeed a Demokratic institution. It doesn't create wealth, but merely redistributes it. A lottery tells people: "Don't bother working hard and being productive and making something of your life. Just place your life in the hands of Lady Luck, and maybe someday she will smile upon you, too. You are all helpless and hopeless as individuals. There is nothing you can do to effect any changes in your life. It's all society's fault that you are poor right now anyway, and only society will lift you out of poverty. Your lot in life is dependent on the good will participation of other poor people chipping in their large stakes, too. And if your boat didn't come in this time, then just be patient, and maybe invest in more tickets next time, and properity and happiness will truly be yours."