balderdash@lemmy.zip to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoYou can't win the lotterylemmy.zipimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down119
arrow-up1393arrow-down1imageYou can't win the lotterylemmy.zipbalderdash@lemmy.zip to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareAlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down4·10 months agoThe lotto is an additional tax for people who don’t understand math
minus-squareJonny@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI always feel it’s more of a tax on hope. I know a few folks who play and the understand the odds very well… but what if! ‘What if’ can be very appealing for only £2, even if it is incredibly, incredibly, (repeat incredibly a thousand more times) unlikely.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoWhat a silly belief. Everyone knows the odds are ridiculous. It’s just that people are still hoping they’d win
The lotto is an additional tax for people who don’t understand math
I always feel it’s more of a tax on hope. I know a few folks who play and the understand the odds very well… but what if!
‘What if’ can be very appealing for only £2, even if it is incredibly, incredibly, (repeat incredibly a thousand more times) unlikely.
Sucker tax
What a silly belief. Everyone knows the odds are ridiculous. It’s just that people are still hoping they’d win