How the lottery became a national obsession

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Ай бұрын

Just one winning ticket was sold for the $1.1 billion prize to someone in New Jersey who's chosen to stay anonymous. Most of these gigantic jackpots for games like Mega Millions and Powerball have happened in just the last two years, after lottery organizers made the games much harder to win. Americans are now spending record amounts on all types of lottery games. So, how did the lottery come to play such a big role in our lives?
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@gorillashop337 Ай бұрын

If that woman who spends $50 a day and invested in a S&P 500 index fund she would be a millionaire by now. 😮

@brandonmills9577 Ай бұрын

$50 a day!?! 😳😳😳😳

@dont6441 Ай бұрын

Lottery sales are down? Good.

@chasingdragons9798 Ай бұрын

Everyone has their own reasons for playing. Just my personal drive is three things. Permanent freedom from employment, relocation AWAY from Los Angeles and preferably California, and NEVER have to worry about homeless as I was close several times.

@jujubees711 24 күн бұрын

Maybe so much of the money (like 1 billioin dollars) shouldn't (and needn't) go to one person, but into government support in helping people in need. This may also lessen the burden on taxpayers.

@lowrollerscratcher3563 24 күн бұрын

50 dollars a day. That 1500 dollars a month

@bigcatproductions2789 Ай бұрын

The Casinos are Packed also 😥

@whoispancho Ай бұрын

answer: everyone is living paycheck to paycheck.

@dont6441 Ай бұрын

2:40

@bigcatproductions2789 Ай бұрын

Should have 5 Million Dollar winners. It's a TAX on poor people .

@RalphHeave Ай бұрын

Voluntary taxes.

@Scarletohellno Ай бұрын

If I have to stand behind another guy in a gas station (not able to speak English) and spending 10 minutes pointing at individual scratchers-one at a time, while I have kids in the car, my heads going to explode.

@dont6441 Ай бұрын

What has the ability to speak English have to do with anything?

@DavidSchneiderIP Ай бұрын

Record number of fools...

@DB99277 Ай бұрын

The lottery began in Harlem with Black people 👍🏿You need to dig a little deeper with your research 🤔

@yungwun619 Ай бұрын

You got to dig deeper than that. The first recorded signs of a lottery are keno slips from the Chinese Han dynasty between 205 and 187 BC. These lotteries are believed to have helped to finance major government projects like the Great Wall of China. From the Chinese Book of Songs (2nd millennium BC.) comes a reference to a game of chance as "the drawing of wood", which in context appears to describe the drawing of lots.

@thediner8929 Ай бұрын

You guys invented everything?

@chrisk2734 23 күн бұрын

Wrong actually black people in harlem didn't begin it, the Italian mob was already doing it.