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by asift 3981 days ago
Even if it were illegal, it would still happen all of the time (it would just be one more way for local governments to profit off of policing the poor).

That said, I'm all for abolishing state-run lotteries. The government simply has no business running a lottery. The profit from these lotteries also stifles the potential for better alternatives such as Prize-Linked Savings plans. Freakonomics has had some decent discussions of these types of accounts.

http://freakonomics.com/2010/12/02/freakonomics-radio-who-co...