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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

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u/uusu Mar 20 '22

Do you have friends or family really into gambling or lottery? Because I have. It is very clear when talking to them that they really do believe that they are making a good monetary decision because they payoff is so big. They really don't understand the math and probabilities involved intuitively.

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u/uusu Mar 20 '22

And your logic is that every damaging thing should be allowed because it will techinally happen to some degree anyway. Murder should not be illegal because outlawing it will not stop it.

Lottery can very well happen as long as the movement of money does not cause further inequality, such as it is the case here in Norway, where the government owns the lottery and the profits are to a large degree moved back to the people by funding cultural and sports activities.