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[โ€“] [email protected] 80 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Lotteries. They're just tax for poor people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think most people buying a lottery ticket know that it's a loss on average. I think people buy it for the experience and the dreams that it represents. From that perspective, I don't think that it's a scam for most people but rather just buying a slice of fantasy

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You quite literally described the scam part though, selling false hope

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well no, because thousands of people have won it all over the world. Yes, it might be 14 million to one, but for a couple of quid I don't care.

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