Shalom

[Dan Ben Noah]

Shalom

[muman613]

I have never purchased a lottery ticket... I just have never been attracted to gambling. I visited Las Vegas many years ago (on business three times, personal twice) but never gambled (only played slot machine twice). It is funny to me that my step-father used to play the lotteries and he won several times ($50-$500 max)...

[angryChineseKahanist]

$1000USD for voodoo?

[בַּחַמַל]

People don't realize the true odds of winning.  On the other hand, if one expects a miracle from G-D, he has to make a vessel with which to receive it.  You should buy lottery tickets, but only sporadically.

[Sveta]

Hashem determines how much a person will earn or loose every year. There is no point but if these people want to loose money, that's their problem.

[cjd]

Many years ago when New York governor Mario Como senior was in office I saw an interview he did about his positions on different forms of state run gamboling... I personally could not stand Mario Como Sr. however I have to say his position back then against many forms of state run gaming was  100% correct... His position was things like the lottery, scratch off tickets, casino gamboling and the like caused low income people in places like New York to spend the little income  they had on gaming instead of food and rent... He claimed that they would squander their social security  checks in hopes of a quick windfall and then be down at the welfare and food stamp office looking for financial help... At the time his thoughts on this seemed to make sense but the state was in distress financially and the lotto money seemed an easy way to close some of the short fall... I don't actually remember the time line however to his credit I think Como did hold the line against many forms of state run gaming and it was only after he was out of office that New York State became more involved with this sort of thing... Anyway from time to time I would hear my father complain about how some of his fellow senior citizens would deny themselves a breakfast or lunch in order to build a nest egg for an upcoming trip to Atlantic City or the newer Foxwoods casino... He would complain how some of the older folks actually put themselves into hock on trips like this spending dollars they clearly needed to live on... I think for some of the older folks who live on tight budgets the thought that they could hit even a small jackpot is enough to make them spend money foolishly... The lure of some lifestyle changing money at a time in their life where they clearly are on fixed incomes is a strong incentive to gamboling away needed dollars... Looking back today its hard to pinpoint just where all the revenue from state run gaming ends up... In the long run it seems budget wise the state has not benefited much from being in the gamboling business.

[Zelhar]

Hashem determines how much a person will earn or loose every year. There is no point but if these people want to loose money, that's their problem.

I don't think you should put cash in their hands, taken out of the pocket of the working class tax payers, so they can spend it on lottery (as well as drugs and boose).

[Meerkat]

I only ever purchased 1 lottery ticket on my 18th birthday, just because I could.

[syyuge]

Years back when it was legal for some period, I purchased the daily lottery tickets for about ten days to practically experience its so-called thrill and sensation. I understood the whole gamut behind it within those ten days. I immediately wrote a small comedy pamphlet over and against it for its exposure and got it distributed and pasted in hundreds in the city. It became so popular that immediately it was copied in to thousands and thousands and distributed and pasted in to the whole state and even the neighboring states. The poor people stopped purchasing any more tickets and within next fifteen days the whole lottery business came to a screeching halt. The officials took no more time to close it for ever.

[Zelhar]

Years back when it was legal for some period, I purchased the daily lottery tickets for about ten days to practically experience its so-called thrill and sensation. I understood the whole gamut behind it within those ten days. I immediately wrote a small comedy pamphlet over and against it for its exposure and got it distributed and pasted in hundreds in the city. It became so popular that immediately it was copied in to thousands and thousands and distributed and pasted in to the whole state and even the neighboring states. The poor people stopped purchasing any more tickets and within next fifteen days the whole lottery business came to a screeching halt. The officials took no more time to close it for ever.

And where was that ?

[syyuge]

And where was that ?

Central India.