2006-11-18 03:43:53 · 11 answers · asked by James L 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Please state why because it is quite boring when someone just says yes or no, many thanks, james :)
2006-11-18 03:48:24 · update #1
i think that it should not be banned since there is a chance. you see the lottery can also help raise the spirits of many people. like when someone goes and gets a ticket they always get the feeling that they will win. it raises them up, of course many people don't win... but they don't always fall down in the slumps. they always have the feeling that "o i guess it is ok that i lost i mean there can always be a next time". however there are gamblers who buy like 800 tickets at once to see if they get a better chance. now if they lose then that is there fault. i mean u have to understand that the lotto is a gambling game, in which many people pay a couple dollars to see if they can make it into millions. the lotto also makes a lot of money and that can help the government with their taxes. billions of people play so they make 10+billion and they give 2- billion away for costs. now 1 billion goes to taxes and government. now with that billion can help build shelter homes so many other people can enjoy there life as well as medical homes and newer roads for safer conditions and of course school and college. so by closing the lotto then i believe that taxes may increase to keep up with those costs...
2006-11-18 03:57:21 · answer #1 · answered by Unknown 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a pensioner who does the Lottery in the vague hope that I can win enough to by a decent house in a fairly decent area, (where I live at the moment it is made a complete pit by rubbish dumpers and football supporters dropping their fast food and smashing their beer bottles etc. which incidently, the police just ignore, and the council take about 2 weeks to clear some of it up)with a large garden for my dog (the nearby park is also a dump ruined by vandals, drug users and alkies, and to be able to leave it to my son who works extremely hard for not enough money to get a mortgage. We dont all smell of urine, and I for one am fairly computer literate, and incidently bingo is an expensive hobby, which I could not afford, but do tell, what makes you a more deserving case to win the lottery than anyone else. Perhaps your parents want to win so they can move away from you.
2016-05-22 00:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should keep the national lottery, but should kerb the quango that run the handouts from giving the money out to stupid, or political causes such as asylum seekers
2006-11-18 03:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by hakuna matata 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why do you ask this? It gives poeople something to do who no longer go out, it gives some hope and it can be fun. Also lottery funding helps many projects around the UK.
So the answer is NO. If anything it should be made better with better odds to keep the ball rolling.
2006-11-18 03:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by wave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK-NO! Maybe it would be nice to know where all the $$$ go- but my question back is- why? (ban it)
2006-11-18 06:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by ARTmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't ban politics. You can try, but you will not succeed.
2006-11-18 03:58:52 · answer #6 · answered by mailrick12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Way
2006-11-18 03:48:17 · answer #7 · answered by simba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it gives people something to dream about.
2006-11-18 03:46:28 · answer #8 · answered by Kirsty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-11-18 03:45:03 · answer #9 · answered by fair-and-squire 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes because I don't believe in "freebies".
2006-11-18 03:55:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋