Subj : Play the lottery (was: GP
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jan 14 2020 12:06:00

Joe,

JM>  I played the WV lottery once when it started in the '80s and tickets were
JM>only 50 cents each.  I brought two, lost both times.  I cut my loses and
JM>moved on.

  It is rare I play it...as noted, it's a $5 a month max...and mainly
for S's and G's. :P

JM>  There was some big mega million national lottery several years ago.

  There still is...and Arkansas is part of it.

JM>  There are a too many stories to mention of people hitting it big, blowing
JM>it and back where they started, or worse, a year or two later.

  Exactly. I updated a bulletin on the BBS: "Fraud: You Win To Lose".

JM>  I am reminded of the old joke.
JM>  Every night this man prayed: Oh Lord, you know I have needs.  My wife is
JM>sick, the kids need clothes, I lost my job (and on and on) and asked "Please
JM>let me win the lottery".
JM>  This went on every night for weeks.
JM>  Finally one night after praying the man heard a deep, thundering voice
JM>say "BUY A TICKET!"   :)

  LOL!!

JM>  Playing the lottery is merely another tax, and one people gladly pay.

  As P.T. Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute".

JM>  When the WV lottery started there were all these claims it would solve
JM>all the state's financial problems.
JM>  It didn't.  The money seems to go down some rat hole, never to be seen
JM>again.

  Likely under the table, and into the elites pockets.

Daryl


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