People have no control over what is happening in a lottery. There is nothing that players are capable of doing before the game, during the game or after the game. Banning state lottery is one of the biggest controversy for several years. Lottery acquired over $2 billion over two years. People are debating whether state lottery should be banned or not because its target the poor people. Despite considering the gambling problem we already have, people spend a lot of their income on lotteries every month, the lottery should not be banned because it raised a total of $2.6 billion in gross gambling revenue last year, demand is increased as lottery turned 20 and Powerball, Megamillions give state budgets a lift.
While state lotteries should not be banned. There are those, however, who believe that lotteries should be banned because some people spend their weekly paycheck on the lotteries and win nothing from it (Jim Braude). For Example, Andrew, 27 years old, works at a convenience store at minimum age and have financial problems because of the lottery. He is addicted to lotteries since 2004. He is …show more content…
If you look at the payouts from lotteries to schools, you might be impressed by the numbers. In California, for example, all lottery donations to public schools from kindergarten through college, total $24,018,713,472 since 1985. Yes, that’s $24 billion. K-12 schools alone have received a total of $19.3 billion(Valerie Strauss). This could help make school life easier and give a little help to school budget. Lottery is not only benefiting schools and institutions, but also helping people. Some people have won a lot of money from the lottery. As you can see in the table above, 55% of people are happy after winning the lottery, many people contributed to charities and economy by buying new houses and new cars. If we ban the lottery then we will never have a hope to change the life overnight and our economy could get
While state lotteries should not be banned. There are those, however, who believe that lotteries should be banned because some people spend their weekly paycheck on the lotteries and win nothing from it (Jim Braude). For Example, Andrew, 27 years old, works at a convenience store at minimum age and have financial problems because of the lottery. He is addicted to lotteries since 2004. He is …show more content…
If you look at the payouts from lotteries to schools, you might be impressed by the numbers. In California, for example, all lottery donations to public schools from kindergarten through college, total $24,018,713,472 since 1985. Yes, that’s $24 billion. K-12 schools alone have received a total of $19.3 billion(Valerie Strauss). This could help make school life easier and give a little help to school budget. Lottery is not only benefiting schools and institutions, but also helping people. Some people have won a lot of money from the lottery. As you can see in the table above, 55% of people are happy after winning the lottery, many people contributed to charities and economy by buying new houses and new cars. If we ban the lottery then we will never have a hope to change the life overnight and our economy could get