Re:I am a statistician and I buy lottery tickets
by mturmon on Monday May 07, 2012 @05:35PM
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Actually, I did not call it a "tax".
I was just responding to your statement:
"No government agency was involved in making you spend the money."
and I was careful to make the distinction between "encouraging" and "forcing" people to spend.
I would rather the government get out of the lottery business, because it seems like a basically useless activity. If we need money, let's ask for money. But it's not a high priority for me. Living in CA, there are plenty of other, much bigger problems than lotto.
I was just responding to your statement:
"No government agency was involved in making you spend the money."
and I was careful to make the distinction between "encouraging" and "forcing" people to spend.
I would rather the government get out of the lottery business, because it seems like a basically useless activity. If we need money, let's ask for money. But it's not a high priority for me. Living in CA, there are plenty of other, much bigger problems than lotto.