http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-29/...f-tickets-baptist-general-convention?_s=PM:US “Wallace also believes that minorities are disproportionately drawn to playing the lottery.” “The NAACP chapter in Dallas is calling for an end to the Texas state lottery, saying the game drains the finances of low-income ticket-buyers who can least afford it, especially minorities.” Isn’t this a issue of personal freedom? Does the nanny state need to protect people from themselves in regards to how people spend their money????? Now I understand the lottery is a tax on people that are bad with math and I don’t know if Government ought to be in the gambling business and I personally dont play lottery games but I fail to see how Race, creed or other demographics are disproportionately singled out. I don’t see how any state lottery can be deemed discriminatory. By its very nature, its uber inclusive.
When people play the lottery or gamble to sustain their very existence then they're idiots. I play it as a game and I only play it when I feel the numbers favor my style of play. By sticking to this I stay ahead. Other people of all nationalities play thinking they are going to win every time these individuals are fools. My rent is due I'll play the lottery, car payment is due, play the lottery. These very reason is what make the select few that read stories of others hardship playing the lottery turning to gold. Only for theirs to turn to mud. This is a reason why people play, but don't explain why the NAACP indulge in stopping the lottery. Here's an ideal. keep your damn money in your pocket and don't play. Crabtree I will say this since my last lottery win of those numbers I posted...5 of those numbers have played in various states three of which were in North Carolina. So let's see how these set of numbers work for those poor lottery players.. 1-5-0-3 2-1-8-7 7-4-6-2 Win or lose the lottery is a choice not a way of life. Unless you win the whole sha-bang-a-bang.
I value the money that I earn so much that I'm not willing to gamble it away on a 10,000,000 to 1 chance. I guess if I didn't earn the money I have I might have a different outlook.
Well if the NAACP is for it... I am probably against it and vice versa. But I was passing through Memphis and watched a fella spend his entire paycheck buying lottery tickets, scraping off the gray stuff, then coming back, buying another ticket, repeat, etc... I could't help but wonder if he was supposed to be buying formula, diapers, gas or food. Even the guy at the desk suggested he save some of his check. He was definitely in way too deep. It may be none of my business but if there were little ones or a wife, he has a greater responsibility to them than that and I can see wards of the state in his future. Who will pay that cost? Just something to chew on.
They can ban the lottery but that's still not gonna fix stupid. We were talking about stock's, savings, retirement in a thread on here last year. I told everyone that CSX stock was about to split....I never even got a thanks, LOL!!! So how well you guy's do? I took every thing I had and put it in CSX, three weeks latter it split 4 ways.....yap, I hit the lottery.
I buy a lottery or a big game ticket maybe once every several months. Maybe twice last year. I'm feeling frisky and $5 won't break me so I buy a ticket. Do I expect to win? Hell no... although I did win $780 once. LOL How about this... we can say it's illegal for poor folks, minorities and crotchetty old men to buy a ticket. LOL
So did I....Today on a whim playing the numbers I previously posted...one number in particular 7-4-6-2. That number being my birth-date, my mother told me that I was nearly born on the 5th. Considering that I changed my 4 to 5 and guess what happened..... [video]http://www.valottery.com/pick4/draw_details.asp?date=7/3/2012&pt=Day&loc=4&subloc=1[/video] HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME $1.00 STRAIGHT AND $1.00 ANY! It's a game not a way of life.
Clearly, minorities are too stupid to make their own decisions with their money. Big Brother and the nanny state need to make these choices for them. (I'm pretty sure that's what the NAACP is saying...)
In many minority neighborhoods the lottery is heavily advertised as were in many non-minority neighborhoods it is not...There's Billboards touting large prizes won daily in areas where I live and yet there are Billboards for playing the Virginia Lottery near trailer parks and and depressed areas near here. When I play and trust me I try never ti play in rush hours, but I'm seeing more and more college students playing the lottery. When I win something like today. I will go to another store in a week or two so people won't know or remember. By in large Im seeing more and more White's playing the lottery many will simply say they want enough money to get away from their wives, husbands or just to get away. This was suppose to be my week of flying lessons skydiving and a trip home, with the storm and power-outage. A little win is no comfort it's fun to win, but as I will keep saying it's a game of chance and until people relize that the lottery is a game for fools. Do me a favor and Click below here and tell me what you're seeing advertised for the Veterans is disgusting. [video]http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Images/scratchoffs/1336_img1.gif[/video]
I have to say that's the first thing I've every agreed with the NAACP about. I agree our government should NEVER have been involved in the lottery and should not alow it. As far as people knowing better than to play the lottery at such ridiculous odd, aren't we suppose to protect the mentally challenged? I walk by a street person today as I was going into a convenance store and I thought he was going to ask me for money and as walked by him I notices he was working on scratching off a lottery ticket. I thought wth? Now you have to worry about the homeless spending spending your hand out money on alcohol drugs cigaretts AND lottery tickets? Unreal stupidity.
Look folks... poor, rich, stupid, educated, just plain dumb... it doesn't matter. There are always people from all walks of life looking for the free meal, the big win, the free lunch and happiness ever after. At the head of the list are the states. They love the free lunch they're getting with everyones ticket purchases. They are not going to give up their lotteriess. I remember when the lotteries first started in Maryland. This black lady from the "Hood" one 5 million in the first really big Jackpot. They went back no too many years later to see how she had done. She was broke and on welfare. She had pissed the whole thing away. Just like this football player... what in the heck was his name. Saw today he blew 1 million on a weekend spree of spending and blowing money. You can't fix stupid. If you don't give them a lottery... we'll go back to the days of the back alley numbers rackets.
The average person go broke after wining the lottery is 45% A California study revealed that 40% of lottery players are unemployed. (*ALCAP) In Maryland, the poorest 1/3 of the population buys 60% of the daily numbers tickets. (ALCAP) In Georgia, those who make less than $25,000 a year spend three times as much on lottery tickets than those who make $75,000 or more per year (*AFA) On the national average, lottery gamblers with household incomes under $10,000 dollars bet nearly 3 times as much on the lottery as those with incomes over $50,000. (*ERLC) A 1988 New Jersey study found that among lottery players with income of less than $10,000 per year, the average percentage of income spent on lottery tickets was almost 21%. (ERLC) In Massachusetts, individuals in the poorer cities of Worcester and Chelsea spent an average of $336 and $445, respectively, on lottery tickets in the early 1990s. Those in wealthier towns such as Weston and Amherst, spent an average of $30 and $42, respectively. (AFA) A University of Texas study found that players with a high school diploma or less spent more than $250 a year on the lottery. (AFA) In Michigan, a 1994 study in Detroit found that people with less than a high school diploma spend over five times more than those with a college degree spend. (AFA) Top 10 Lottery Horror Stories #1 Evelyn Adams In 1985 AND 1986, Evelyn Adams won the lottery - equaling a total winning of $5.4 million. However, today - she has no money "Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be," says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once, but twice (1985, 1986), to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. She lost money in slot machines, and couldn't seem to say no to relatives and friends. Evelyn's big win ended in a big loss. #2 William Post In 1988, William Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery but now lives on his Social Security. Post's former girlfriend sued him for a share of his winnings and one of his brothers was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings. His relationship with his other siblings was also strained and he spent some time in jail. Within a year, he was $1 million in debt and eventually declared bankruptcy. He now lives on only $450 a month and food stamps. #3 Suzanne Mullins In 1993, Suzanne Mullins won $4.2 million in the Virginia lottery. Now she's deeply in debt to a company that lent her money using the winnings as collateral. She borrowed $197,746.15 from this company, but eventually stopped making payments on the loan. She blamed the debt on the lengthy illness of her uninsured son-in-law, who needed $1 million for medical bills. Needless to say, her lottery win did not end in happiness. #4 Ken Proxmire Ken Proxmire won $1 million in the Michigan lottery. Within 5 years he filed for bankruptcy after moving to California and starting a car business with his brothers. He has now returned to his job as a machinist. #5 Willie Hurt In 1989, Willie Hurt of Lansing, Mich., won $3.1 million. Only two years later he was broke and charged with murder after spending his fortune on a divorce and crack cocaine. #6 Janite Lee In 1993, Janite lee of Missouri won $18 million. Lee was generous to a variety of causes, including various political organizations, education programs and the community services. According to published reports, eight years after winning, Lee had filed for bankruptcy with only $700 left. #7 Southeastern Family In the early 1990s, a Southeastern family won $4.2 million. In almost no time at almost all of their winnings were spent on a huge house, cars, and various requests from family members. They bought a huge house and succumbed to repeated family requests for help in paying off debts. Eleven years after winning, the couple got divorced, the house was sold and what was left of their lottery winnings had to be split. #8 Kenneth and Connie Parker Kenneth and Connie Parker won a $25 million jackpot and quickly watched their 16-year marriage disintegrate just months after they became rich beyond their wildest dreams. #9 Jeffrey Dampier Jeffrey Dampier won a $20 million jackpot and was then kidnapped and murdered by his own sister-in-law who hoped to inherit the winnings. #10 Jack Whittaker On Christmas morning 2002, Jack Whittaker found out he had won the Powerball lottery jackpot - $315 million - the largest individual payout in US lottery history. Though he began with intentions to do good with his winnings, his world quickly fell apart with the death of his granddaughter Brandi from a drug overdose which was funded by her allowance from Whittaker and the breakup of his marriage. Whittaker did give money to churches and to people who were in need but was soon bombarded with lawsuits, thievery and greed. He turned to drinking as he watched what he called the "powerball curse" destroy his life.
Let's see....they want to ban the lottery because poor people spend money on it. What's next trying to ban unhealthy food for fat people? Oh, sorry there are some states who are trying to do this. I don't need a nanny state. Leave the legislation for REAL problems, not this BS.
How about just making it illegal to collect any monies from a lottery if your on any form of government assistance? If you can't afford to take care of yourself then you shoulders be wasting money on BS lottery tickets. Can I get an Amen?
Let's just ban everything that's addictive. If everything anyone could become addicted to is banned and the government regulates everything we do, wouldn't that mean we're living in North Korea, not America?
Just like education the issues is poverty. Poor people are looking for a way out. Lottery is a false hope, but they buy into it. What the NAACP is trying to do is break the cycle current poor African Americans are in. There are white, Hispanic and many other races in the same situation. Banning the lottery is not going to fix their problem. A culture change is the only thing that will. Education is the key, but we as a nation do not value education anymore. We spend a lot money, but we do value it.
I have to disagree. This poor people (that are wasting all they have on the lottery) are not looking for a way out. There looking for an EASY way out. Theres a big difference!!!
Well that's exactly what I am saying grizz It's easier to play the lotto, than to take school seriously.
