Comment on You can't win the lottery

• verysoft@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you can afford it, then it's no harm really. I've made a profit from the lottery myself, albeit a minor one. Depending on the lottery, it's not the worst thing you can give pocket changes away to for a bit of fun.

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  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the big problem is that people who are addicted to gambling are being suckered several times a week. It’s not really gambling, it’s buying a daydream. If a casino gave you similar odds in one of their slots, it would likely be illegal based on the odds and the payout. So people who think of it like gambling are getting the worst of it. The expected value never approaches anything close to fair, even at rhe highest jackpots.

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  • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    people know the chances

    This article agrees. Huge caveat:

    …Osmond…obtained a database from the Connecticut Lottery containing 21 years’ worth of winners. What did he find?

    They are largely poor, largely minorities, and often addicts.

    The lottery preys on these people.

    Vox, “4 ways the lottery preys on the poor”, 2016

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  • pyrflie@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      One the most memorable reddit posts of all time:

      old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/…/chb38xf/

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    • verysoft@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Entirely dependent on the lottery, the only one I have heard of this being a thing is the main US one. You can remain completely anonymous in the major European lotteries.

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• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, we do know. You will not win once.

  Somebody might win a huge amount, but that one will not be you. I can guarantee that.

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  • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How can you guarantee that? The chance is close to zero, but not zero - ergo you cannot be 100% sure that they won’t win.

    And that’s the point they are trying to make - you don’t need to be 100% logical to enjoy life. Sure, they probably won’t win. But thinking they might, the anticipation of scratching the tickets, etc, is worth it to them.

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  • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh no, I spent $3 to dream of being rich. Anyways

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• Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would sometimes buy one just to have something to wait for. It’s cheaper than buying trash online.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    whip up some pizza dough and spend the week waiting for it to proof, then at the end you get a delicious pizza to look forward to

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