[chongli]

I would even go so far as to say that a lottery is the fairest way regardless of the price or market value. Charging a very high price that only a few people could afford would negate the need for a lottery but it wouldn't be fair.

[karzeem]

Could you elaborate on the "regardless of the price" part of that? Are you saying that popular tickets should always just be allocated by lottery? Would you say that about other scarce goods (e.g. last-minute plane tickets), or is there something different about tickets?

[chongli]

My point is that society itself is unfair due to vast wealth inequality. From that basis, a fair system cannot occur if it depends on unequal wealth to allocate its scarce resources. It is a case of leveraging an advantage from one area into another.