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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 264487" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>Errr... I'm glad for him, I guess, but if it was my kid, I'd be livid at him spending his last $100 on lottery tickets, even though he lucked out -- this time. </p><p> </p><p>[soapbox] It makes me mad that so many states (including mine, Oklahoma, which resisted the temptation for a long time) promote the lottery so hard and hook vulnerable people into gambling. It is so seductive to keep spending and spending hoping to hit the big one. </p><p> </p><p>In the end, the house always wins, 'cause the psychology is to turn around and bet your winnings. When the "house" is the state, we all lose because the state gets hooked on the cash too and ends up preying on its citizens even more to keep that cash flowing. </p><p> </p><p>As a c-store clerk in TX when the lottery was introduced, I saw first hand the destructiveness of it. Our store sold a $3 million winning ticket and we were inundated with people for months afterwards who believed we were a lucky store. And there were the scratch-off fiends who would spend hours on end buying tickets, standing at the counter and scratching them off (they think they own the store because they do so much "business" there), redeeming the winning tickets for more scratch offs, and so on. In many cases you could tell they were going through the rent and grocery money.[/soapbox]</p><p> </p><p>OK, sorry to rain on the parade, and I really am glad for you all that those bills got paid, and good for him for not buying 300 more tickets with his $3000. (Ducks and sidles towards exit to avoid recriminations for being a curmudgeon.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 264487, member: 3485"] Errr... I'm glad for him, I guess, but if it was my kid, I'd be livid at him spending his last $100 on lottery tickets, even though he lucked out -- this time. [soapbox] It makes me mad that so many states (including mine, Oklahoma, which resisted the temptation for a long time) promote the lottery so hard and hook vulnerable people into gambling. It is so seductive to keep spending and spending hoping to hit the big one. In the end, the house always wins, 'cause the psychology is to turn around and bet your winnings. When the "house" is the state, we all lose because the state gets hooked on the cash too and ends up preying on its citizens even more to keep that cash flowing. As a c-store clerk in TX when the lottery was introduced, I saw first hand the destructiveness of it. Our store sold a $3 million winning ticket and we were inundated with people for months afterwards who believed we were a lucky store. And there were the scratch-off fiends who would spend hours on end buying tickets, standing at the counter and scratching them off (they think they own the store because they do so much "business" there), redeeming the winning tickets for more scratch offs, and so on. In many cases you could tell they were going through the rent and grocery money.[/soapbox] OK, sorry to rain on the parade, and I really am glad for you all that those bills got paid, and good for him for not buying 300 more tickets with his $3000. (Ducks and sidles towards exit to avoid recriminations for being a curmudgeon.) [/QUOTE]
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