[sunshinerag]

Exactly people would behave differently if they knew it was permanent vs temporary.

[felipemnoa]

So, look at the people that win $1k a week for life and see how that turns out.

https://nylottery.ny.gov/scratch-off/two-dollar/win-life

[rapind]

I think you'd then be skewing towards a sample that spends a lot of money on lottery tickets (certainly not something I do but maybe I'm the minority), and your sample size would be pretty small, and you wouldn't see how it affects a community.