When Good Things Happen To People Who Aren't Me

[c9]

This is great, I'm glad the money went to a family in some need. But imagine if there were eighteen $1,000,000 prizes. That many more people would be doing better all of a sudden.

plus I'd be more likely to win, statistically

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

I can always tell when you're typing and not using your voice recognition system -- you let words go by like "voulentary" and "govenerment." :-)

Lotteries are a weird confluence of government's need for money, and people's need for excitement and surprises, etc. They actually make societies happier and better places.

Casinos on the other hand, are a little scary.

[scott8424.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but you get free drinks at casinos. All you (usually) get with lottery tickets is worthless scraps of paper. =)