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A 2008 study from Journal of Risk and Uncertainty explained that households earning under $13,000 per year spend about 9 percent of their income on lottery tickets on average, or around $645 a year.
Holy crap, but people are dumb.
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It's enough to start making you believe that RWNs are at least a little bit right about poor people.
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I wouldn't want to live in a world without hope.
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it really isn't rocket science. Why do you think there are more and more casino's in our deteriorating central cities? They serve to recycle most of the social welfare transfer payments back into the government coffers. In Milwaukee the downtown casino has lines three deep at every slot machine after the gubmint checks come in.
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Yeah, it seems like the people that can afford it the least play it the most.
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If you invested that money for 30 years, you'd have a base of $20,000 more to retire on. Considering most of America only has $30,000 saved for retirement, I'd say that's a pretty hefty bump in your standard of living.
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Those people are actually better off than many of the ones who win
http://business.ezinemark.com/unhappy-stories-of-lottery-winners-77364e8f3aec.html
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Lotteries are an awful way for the government to raise money.
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That seems unlikely.
This seems like an article thrown together quickly for the mega millions craze and I bet they misread a study as they quickly scanned it.
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It does seem like a lot of money. Although at the crackhead cafe outside our building on 7th street here in SF I see people buying $5 lottery tickets all the time. They are clearly regulars. That's like a 2-3 tickets a week.
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That seems unlikely.
This seems like an article thrown together quickly for the mega millions craze and I bet they misread a study as they quickly scanned it.
I don't know. That's not even $2 a day. Lots of folks have to play their lucky number every day.
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Lotteries are an awful way for the government to raise money.
I like 'em. It's a completely voluntary tax and unlike paying income taxes you actually have a chance (albeit miniscule) to win mirrions
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[quote=Groucho48] Lotteries are an awful way for the government to raise money.
I like 'em. It's a completely voluntary tax and unlike paying income taxes you actually have a chance (albeit miniscule) to win mirrions[/quote]
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THe lottery spot near work the poor people stare at the screen with the computer horses while playing scrathers, I'm sure they win all the time.
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I agree that the lotto is bad and a tax on the poor/stupid. That said I'm not against the lotto. Before the lotto there was the numbers racket. At least it goes to the political thieves instead of the mob. I just wish they would understand the same thing about drugs. It is a war we have lost and just feeds the different mobs. Just allow it and get the tax. Let the money go into the economy instead of the Mexican drug lords.
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true to an extent.. although asians are big gamblers too. 'luck' is a real thing to them.
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true to an extent.. although asians are big gamblers too. 'luck' is a real thing to them.
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Ashmaele posted:
Groucho48 posted:
Lotteries are an awful way for the government to raise money.
I like 'em. It's a completely voluntary tax and unlike paying income taxes you actually have a chance (albeit miniscule) to win mirrions
I would be happier about it if the money was supplementary funding. It seems that Illinois has just shifted its money around so that the lottery funds most of the road/school budgets rather than bringing in extra for improvements to an already stable tax base.
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It makes perfect sense.
People without money are more desparate to find a way to get some than people with money. The phrase "It takes money to make money" comes into play as well.
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theredkay1 posted:
That seems unlikely.
This seems like an article thrown together quickly for the mega millions craze and I bet they misread a study as they quickly scanned it.
I don't know. That's not even $2 a day. Lots of folks have to play their lucky number every day.
But not everybody. Seems unlikely that every poor person in America spends just under $2 every day on the lottery.
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Wise choice. at 175 million to one odds they stand a better chance of winning the Mega jackpot than they do of ever having Republicans help then out in any way..
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I buy like a dollar lottery when it gets to 300 million or so.
I know I will never win, but whatever.
it could happen (yeah right.)
would be awesome though, I like thinking of what I would do with that much money haha.
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Wise choice. at 175 million to one odds they stand a better chance of winning the Mega jackpot than they do of ever having Republicans help then out in any way..
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theredkay1 posted:
Groucho48 posted:
theredkay1 posted:
That seems unlikely.
This seems like an article thrown together quickly for the mega millions craze and I bet they misread a study as they quickly scanned it.
I don't know. That's not even $2 a day. Lots of folks have to play their lucky number every day.
But not everybody. Seems unlikely that every poor person in America spends just under $2 every day on the lottery.
Probably what the study said is that households with incomes under 13k that buy lottery tickets spend that much. Which I can believe.
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People don't realize you have to be either old and near death or already wealthy to win the lottery.
Have never really heard of anyone who is young and broke with a family winning.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
theredkay1 posted:
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[quote=theredkay1]That seems unlikely.
This seems like an article thrown together quickly for the mega millions craze and I bet they misread a study as they quickly scanned it.
I don't know. That's not even $2 a day. Lots of folks have to play their lucky number every day.
But not everybody. Seems unlikely that every poor person in America spends just under $2 every day on the lottery.
Probably what the study said is that households with incomes under 13k that buy lottery tickets spend that much. Which I can believe.
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Yeah. That was my assumption.
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I'm on the wrong side of stupid on this one. Got my ticket!
04,06,20,38,42 MegaBall 24
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Probably what the study said is that households with incomes under 13k that buy lottery tickets spend that much. Which I can believe.
Prolly.
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its not a bad bet.. $20 for a 20 out of 176mil chance to win several hundred million.
ill pronmb stop by the liquor store and pock a few up; i wish i could buy tickets online though.
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its not a bad bet.. $20 for a 20 out of 176mil chance to win several hundred million.
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I'm on the wrong side of stupid on this one. Got my ticket!
04,06,20,38,42 MegaBall 24
I picked up 5 last night lol.
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its not a bad bet to me. i have no problem losing $20.. i usually keep 5s in my car to give the homeless drunks so i can see spending it on tickets instead.
i just dread stopping by the corner store.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Probably what the study said is that households with incomes under 13k that buy lottery tickets spend that much. Which I can believe.
That makes more sense
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The total spent probably includes the churn.
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a $20 purchase once or a handful of times in your life is so insignificant that it doesn't qualify as a risk or anything relating to "wasted" money ...or even stupidity
it's like throwing a penny in the trash...no one thinks twice about it
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Spending $600/year on lottery tickets when you make less than 13k is not like throwing a penny in the trash. Fatty.
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
The total spent probably includes the churn.
this could be true to. Wouldnt surprise me, statistics are dangerous.
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I'm on the wrong side of stupid on this one. Got my ticket!
04,06,20,38,42 MegaBall 24
Are those IMHO's numbers 
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I'm on the wrong side of stupid on this one. Got my ticket!
04,06,20,38,42 MegaBall 24
Are those IMHO's numbers
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I knew the lottery was a "poor" or "stupid tax" but this statistic staggers me
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I was going to give the Outpost a fake set of numbers, then I thought if the fake set hit I would really kick myself. I figure I have no problem sharing half a billion. WTH, the less I take home the easier life would be.
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I actually bought two tickets with the same numbers. Just so you'd only get 1/3rd of the share.
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My grandma makes around that or below and plays the lottery pretty much every single day
Her biggest win was 1,000 but I doubt it even comes close for her to break even
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Well yeah if I was that poor Id play too. The only hope to make money the legit way :/ if they cant find work
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Spending $600/year on lottery tickets when you make less than 13k is not like throwing a penny in the trash. Fatty.
since your deductive reasoning is broken today.... i was referring to the conversation about someone here buying $20 in tickets...not anything you were argle blargling about as you have shown yourself to be high on stupid today
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Altra_Shadowstalker posted:
I'm on the wrong side of stupid on this one. Got my ticket!
04,06,20,38,42 MegaBall 24
Now I will play that too.
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4, 8, 15, 16, 24, 32
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Its sad. They are paying for dreams of a better life. Life is very harsh for many people
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Seems like if you have nothing to lose you may as well buy a lottery ticket. They're dirt poor. They will be dirt poor regardless of spending money on lottery tickets or not. And if they win...
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Vydor posted:
Z-Elder posted:
Wise choice. at 175 million to one odds they stand a better chance of winning the Mega jackpot than they do of ever having Republicans help then out in any way..
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