Lotteries in the United States

in area and population. The United Kingdom is about 94,000 square miles in area, and contains approximately 65 million people (Wikipedia.org, United Kingdom). However, the U.S. is around 3,800,000 square miles in area, with a population of about 325 million people (Wikipedia.org, United States). Britain’s template for a nation is not…

zones” live long, successful lives. This video was really informative, and some things said by Dan really was eye opening. How long we live is directly proportional to our lifestyle and the rest is just winning the “Gene Lottery”. I didn’t know life expectancy of people of the United States now was 78 years as well. Such as the the residents of Sardinia, Italy and the inhabitants of the islands of Okinawa, Japan all live long, remarkable lives just by doing things like eating more natural…

Throughout 1929 to 1939, the United States faced a severe economic crisis known as The Great Depression. The unemployment rate in 1929 was 3.2 percent. In just four years massive unemployment struck the United States reaching an unemployment rate of 25 percent. As stability in the United States got worse, the U.S became involved as a global power in World War II which lasted from 1939 to 1945. After the war, under Truman’s presidency, the U.S economic standing took a turn that led to the…

of refugees from surrounding poor countries and Syrians fleeing war. Migrant crises is nothing new to The United States and its southern states being discussed in, “America Is Committed to take more Syrian Refugees, According to John Kerry”(Reuters and Vice). Details how many refuges The United States is going to bring in. In 1975 National agreements sent 275,000 refugees to The United States as a result of war, “What History Can Teach Us About The Worst Refugee Crisis Since WW II” (Alfred).…

Medicine is an area that continues to become more advanced everyday. With these advances people are starting to live longer because of it. Unfortunately, these advances in medicine aren’t correlating to longer lives for everyone. Specifically those in need of an organ transplant. Organ transplantations are usually necessary because the recipient’s organ has failed or has been damaged by disease/injury. Currently there are 114,990 patients waiting for a donor organ. Every 10 minutes someone is…

impacts. An example of this is the Power Ball commercial ran on television saying, "add a buck power up," is reinforcing the idea that playing the lottery gives back. People love thinking about becoming a millionaire by spending as little as a dollar and brainwashed into believing that risking a dollar does usually give back in huge amounts. Advertising lottery is unethical because it promotes waste of hard-earned money, encourages instant gratification, and causes long-term harm to people and…

desired. Gazing around the George Bush Intercontinental Airport, I longed to set foot in El Salvador, my beloved home country again. I desperately yearn to grasp a ticket that satisfied me a spot on the following flight. As a foreigner in the United States, I was unaware of the diversity of races, tongues, and cultures. Since, I was not accustomed to mingle with various species than my own, I eagerly desired to flight back and surrender the thought of acquiring my American Dream. Astonished…

The drinking laws within the United States should be lowered as the US has much stricter laws regarding alcohol consumption compared to other countries, according to other laws the age of eighteen is considered a legal adult, and allowing teens of eighteen and older to drink in a safe controlled environment can decrease unsafe drinking activities. First let's talk about why the legal drinking age in the United States is 21. In 1984 the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed by Ronald…

context in which the entire premise of gaming proves to be equally detrimental to all classes of society; regardless of race, creed, and religious preference. King of the Bingo Game (1944) takes place at the end of the Great Depression Era of the United States, just prior to our involvement in World War II. This was a difficult time for all Americans. The setting is a movie theatre somewhere in the…

In the 1970s formal gambling venues were introduced like casinos with gambling machines that were popular in the United States at the time(https://assets.justice.vic.gov.au/vcglr/resources/bb81f943-d854-40de-8bab-b09d8bbd610f/australiangamblingcomparativehistory.pdf) . Due to the establishment of sophisticated venues, gambling activities have become legalised and accessible…