Govt Lottery - Good or bad ?

[Truck Fump / h1b]

So women should not be allowed to play heroic roles?



While I am uncomfortable with the government financing itself through encouraging what might be vice, there is no GOOD reason for gambling being illegal.

It's an illness.

 

[Timshel]

There is not much of interest in it. For most people games of chance are entertainment.

You ever see those grab a toy with the crane games at restaurants. What are they? They are entertainment for most. But I had a friend that would routinely spend $20 or more trying to win a stuffed animal that probably was not worth a dollar to begin with.

 

[Timshel]

It's an illness.

It is a compulsion/behavioral problem for SOME people. It is not an illness or a disease.

 

[DigitalDave]

Are you arguing that it should be illegal, or that the government should not do it?

That the government should not provide 'entertainment services'.

If some private company ran the lottery like the government did, they'd be in legal trouble every day. The government would be forcing them to better the odds, and quit preying on the poor. They'd regulate them so they are only in specific spots, and eventually, shut them down. But, since it's government, they can run a monopoly on gaming, and it's all well and good to people because 'it goes toward education'.

 

[uscitizen]

It is a compulsion/behavioral problem for SOME people. It is not an illness or a disease.

True, but there does seem to be genetics involved.


If we could just isolate the neocon gene.

 

[uscitizen]

That the government should not provide 'entertainment services'.

If some private company ran the lottery like the government did, they'd be in legal trouble every day. The government would be forcing them to better the odds, and quit preying on the poor. They'd regulate them so they are only in specific spots, and eventually, shut them down. But, since it's government, they can run a monopoly on gaming, and it's all well and good to people because 'it goes toward education'.

Yeah darned govt will not allow scratch off machines in the grade school caffeteria. Damn commies!