How much is too much to spend on lottery tickets (per week)?

[KukriKhan]

Young people criticizing old people for 'wasting' their money on lottery tickets.

Old people criticizing young people for 'wasting' their money on computer games.

What's the difference?

[Don Corleone]

A bunch of Italians hold a lottery with a 50% payout, they call it an extortive numbers racquet and throw everyone involved in jail.

The state assembly holds a lottery with a 10% payout, and they call it a boon for education and other underfunded agencies and pat themselves on the back.



If you want to put your money on a wager that pays out at 10% of what it should, you deserve what you get. All I have to say is if Blackjack payed out at the same rate as the lottery, Vegas would still be a gas-stop for GI's on their way to California.

My only real objection to lotteries though is that it allows state legislatures to become financially irresponsible. They increase spending in the year or two after the lottery is opened, during the initial rush, then wonder why they're running defecits after lottery-mania has settled down to its true steady-state condition.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Young people criticizing old people for 'wasting' their money on lottery tickets.

Old people criticizing young people for 'wasting' their money on computer games.

What's the difference?

Because that Social Secutiy Money going into it. Some Old People complain that their Meds and that are costing a lot of money, BUT, they spending a lot of money on Lottery. Does It Make Any Sense??