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0 pointsthaumasiotes6y ago0 comments

I don't think you have a good sense of who's buying how many lottery tickets. By your measure here, amount invested as percentage of net worth, the lottery should definitely be illegal.

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elliekelly6y ago

If lottery tickets were intended to be investments instead of a tax on poor people who can’t do math, yes.

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0 pointsthaumasiotes6y ago0 comments

I don't think you have a good sense of who's buying how many lottery tickets. By your measure here, amount invested as percentage of net worth, the lottery should definitely be illegal.

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elliekelly6y ago

If lottery tickets were intended to be investments instead of a tax on poor people who can’t do math, yes.

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