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Re:Mega Millions ticket wins $1.34B lottery jackpot by willnonya on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:45PM (#32291526)
Not 100% true? Not even slightly true. People have convinced themselves that only the "poor" play the lottery but that is patently false.

Yes it is a tax on a voluntary transaction but those are taxed already. I think the problem is less that people play the lottery than that the lottery is taxed so heavily to begin with.

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Re:Mega Millions ticket wins $1.34B lottery jackpot by rco8786 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @09:40PM (#32292327)
Poor people spend more money on the lottery than middle/upper income. That’s not really a debate?

Anyway I’m not agreeing or disagreeing with the term. I am just explaining to you why people refer to it as a regressive tax.

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