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by gosub100 473 days ago
The same people screaming to legalize weed because enforcement doesn't work. If I could change the lottery I would remove the inflated annuity value vs lump sum. And incorporate the tax into it too, so the jackpot amount is, in fact, the amount the winner gets deposited. I would also like to see a limit on the odds. The current 175M-1 or whatever is just obnoxious. Maybe 50m-1 or a bit higher. I once approximated the chances by expressing it as choosing one particular house, in a major US city. And from there, choosing one specific power outlet in one room. What's worse is the ticket prices is increasing soon to $5 from $2. So we're going to see more of these multi billion dollar jackpots that the media love to play up.