The Lottery/The Economy

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

Lottery
No Lottery

[DCKit]

1. Prolly get whacked if you proposed a lottery in NV or MS.

Not sure about the others, but you don't want to get between organized crime... er, gambling interests, and a buck.

[CrispyQ]

2. "The lottery is a tax on people who can't do math."

;)

That said, I buy one every week, cuz you can't win if you don't play! :thumbsup:

[Uncle Joe]

3. This is true, but it is a voluntary tax.

I've already decided should I win over 100 million in the Powerball, every registered user here at D.U. gets $10,000.:)

So whatever you do, don't get tomb-stoned or you'll be kicking your self for years.;( :cry:

[MadinMo]

6. Uncle Joe --- !

Here's to wishing you luck in the Powerball. :hi:

Four of us at work each pitch in a quarter once or twice a week to play Powerball as well. Throwing away 25 cents at a time hurts a lot less.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Poor tax.

:think:

[melm00se]

5. Here in NC

when the lottery came into existence, there was a court challenge by NC Institute for Constitutional Law to the passage of the law allowing the lottery based upon the stance that a lottery is a de facto tax and the legislature didn't follow the proper procedure for passing a new tax.

The suit was struck down and the judge's justification was that "No person is forced to purchase a lottery ticket (therefor) the lottery act does not impose a tax on the purchaser of a lottery ticket."

[Kansas Wyatt]

7. I was 1 number away from winning a little over 10 million two months ago.