Is The Lottery A Good Idea Essay

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Is the lottery a good idea or not? Did you know that 5 in 176,000 win the lottery? Well they do according to Lewis humphries the more you spend on the lottery to less chances you get of winning the lottery! In 2000 the big game jackpot grew to $363 million dollars by 2013! The statement here is that the lottery is a good idea! How much money do people spend on the lottery? $50.9 billion dollars are spent on the lottery. That's in total that 13 dollars a month to each person that does the lottery. 50% win more then they lose according to Lewis humphries! Alot more people should at least try the lottery! Alot more people would have money if they tried. The mega millions and why it's called that! Some people risk it but 70% don’t regret it. Mega millions was originally called the big game. Most people spend their money on the 1$ ones to the 10$ ones. But the other people like the crazy ones spend like 100$.’’ Lewis stated that lots of people lie about the lottery’’. They just put up sights saying that the lottery is one of the worst things to spend your money on! But ‘’lewis …show more content…
Buy 2020 the lottery price will go up 500 million! ‘’Everybody is playing/doing the lottery these days ‘’,announced Lewis! The percent of people going to the casino have went to 34% to 25%. That's because a lot more people have been doing the lottery! Nicole said ‘’that people would rather pay less and win more’’! I think more people should try/know about the lottery. Maybe the lottery is a bad thing? Lots of people who try the lottery lose their homes,food. Lots of people when they never win keep on getting more lottery cards. They lose all their money from buying card. A quarter people that are homeless bought a bunch of lottery tickets with all their money! Maybe the lottery is a bad thing. Is the lottery a good idea? Well i think it is because its not that bad if you try it once. Who knows maybe you will hit the

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