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The lottery is, by a wide margin, the most popular form of gambling in America (in Australia, it's electronic gaming machines). While lotteries tantalize players with the prospect of instant wealth, the associated human costs warrant examination.Summary
KEY POINTS:
- States use lotteries to raise revenue—and it’s considerable revenue.
- Lotteries dangle the promise of instant riches to a world full of inequality.
- For many people, winning the lottery—however improbable—feels like their only way up.
- The US lottery player base is disproportionately lower-income, less educated, non-white, and male.
References
- CRITICAL THINKING 01: COLLECTION | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
- FEB 2022 The Mystery of the Lottery—Psychology Today
- OCT 2022 What We’ve Lost Playing the Lottery—The New Yorker
Source Information:
- Article Source: Vox - Understand the News
- Media Check: Vox - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com) MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
- RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC.
