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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by scrollaway on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @10:55AM (#10895195)
GP wasn't condescending at all but was merely pointing out how it's condescending and hypocritical to look down on people playing the lottery when the attitude is different wrt sports bets.
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Re:How the Powerball rules were tweaked to make the game an ... by mason240 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @12:16PM (#10895843)
They are two very different things though. Even the OP acknowledges that's less about the outcome and more about the experience (which is the opposite for lottos).

Cutting right to the more meta part of the discussion, it's just false equivalency constructed that hits both a desire to dump on sports fans and find a way to make an absurdly irresponsible habit practiced mostly by lower income people more palatable.

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