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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by imbnwa on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:35PM (#29090087)
> But it also has the negative consequence of putting additional financial strain on the people who already have the most financial strain and it's hard to tell if the added funding to schools cancels out the additional financial strain placed on the lower classes.

This reads as patronizing. Somebody wants to buy a lotto ticket, that's their business. The alternative to lotto are the numbers games they replaced which were backed by violence.

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Re:Suspected head of $21B crime syndicate may be world’s mos... by KZeillmann on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @09:42PM (#29090136)
Another way to look at it is that lotteries are a way for poorer people to subsidize college education for richer people.
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