I have never played the lottery in my life and never will. Voltaire described lotteries as a tax on stupidity. More specifically, I think, on innumeracy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.
All too often, lotteries only add to the problem of the financially disadvantaged by taking money from them and giving nothing of value in return.
Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.
Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.
If we find it hard to believe that winning millions might not be so lucky after all, we just don't have a good enough imagination. If I fantasise about winning the lottery, it doesn't take long before all sorts of worrisome potential consequences occur to me.
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.
Today I bought two lottery tickets, because I had a feeling that it would be now or never - they were both blanks. So I am not going to be rich after all. Nothing at all to be done about it.
People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to score.
I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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