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- The odds of being struck by lightning are better than the odds of winning a lottery
- Lottery is a form of taxation
- Lotteries prey on the poor by target marketing to those who can least afford to play
- Lottery purchases are made mostly by low-income people
- That billboard thing in Illinois
- You get nothing for your lottery purchase if you don’t win a prize
- Lottery is responsible for the growing number of compulsive gamblers in the United States
- Because state governments benefit from lottery proceeds, they can’t be trusted to regulate their industry
- There is no assurance that lottery drawings are conducted fairly
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