• EatATaco@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Assuming the story is true… They fucked up and he intentionally took advantage of it knowing full well those weren’t the winning numbers…and they should pay him anyway?

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      9 months ago

      Normally I’d agree with you on the basis of reason alone, but I think lottery companies can stand being gouged once in a while.

      Edit: shows how little I know about lotteries haha

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        9 months ago

        The Powerball is run by the state. It’s really a tax on people who don’t understand probability. So really not sticking it to some corporation, but stealing from every citizen.

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          9 months ago

          Ah yeah, that’s not as nice as I was picturing then. I still can’t help but side with the guy at least a bit though… it’s just something about the predatory nature of lotteries. In fact it’s almost more offensive that it’s run by a government haha.