Texas has a $50.00 scratch off ticket, are you pissed off?

Question

why does the state of Texas allow this? the biggest % of players are in the mid to lower income group even the welfare recipients, many households do not purchase the necessities because of theier pursuit of the get rich quick scam that the state pushes with their commercials showing happy people saying how much they just won on a single scratch off, they don't show or tell you how many have not one and are constantly chasing that elusive dream of riches,
Try and operate a gambling business on your own (bookie) they will arrest you in a flash., yet the state is doing the exact same thing promoting gambling.

Answer 1

State lotteries are HUGE tax revenue machines.

That is why so many states are allowing in casinos.

They can't get us to pay higher taxes, so they trick us into wanting to give them the money.

Disgusting isn't it?

Answer 2

lotteries tax the poor and the stupid. I buy them very sparingly. I just bought $6 worth, first time in months. I am way ahead of the game so far. I must have won $120 on 20 bucks of tickets. It will probably eventually catch up to me. seeing how i only buy $2 tickets and only once in a long while, I'm fine. most people buy way too many though. If I hadn't of spent that money on those tickets, all losers, i would have bought junk mall food which would have been worse for me.

Answer 3

No, the people of my state(I am from Texas) voted to allow the lottery. Your right, it is a false path to wealth and riches.
The first $1 million dollar winner had used most of her welfare payment to purchase her tickets. The form of the game has changed since then. But it is still a volutary tax.

Answer 4

Ben Franklin once described State lotteries (which were very popular in his time) as "A tax paid only by people who're bad at arithmetic".

Richard

Answer 5

Maybe those who cannot afford will learn a
costly lesson.