They changed the odds for payouts in a way that would make it less likely for the jackpot to be drawn a winning number, to deliberatly cause the jackpot to grow even higher than ever before. This way the lottery generates more excitement and hype on social media, possibly turning it into an every day social experience such as going out with a friend to buy a soda or snack.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/06/odds-are-you-wont-like-this-powerball-story/29799555/

Breathing new life into LoK would be amazing.

Yeah the lotto fever feels real. I feel so invigorated and anxious like I already have won the lotto. I never played lotto before either, not even a scratch-off.

Blood Omen Remake! I may have to pay off Activision for the complete rights, though. But, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9CSPjDNdU0.

Didn't win this time...phooey .

Only got 2 numbers

Now we're all little puppets in their sick game.

But yeah, got absolutely nothing. Still a filthy pleb.

Sigh. Initial reports show that there was only one winning ticket, sold in California, and it was sold in Chino Hills, the 6th highest income area in the country ><. The rich get richer and the poor get nothing as usual. It's not that it surprises me, but it is rather disappointing, I was truly hoping that someone who lived in poverty would win so they could experience a positive life change.

Or rather the poor get poorer. That's why the other name for the lottery is the poor-man's tax. It's hard to resist the chance of making it huge at the snap of your finger, but since the cost of a ticket is the same for everyone, it is proportionally more expensive for low-income people to buy lotto tickets.

I heard one of the winners was some investor or something like that. Already rich. lol He spent 30,000$ on tickets.

I heard in in the radio and they were arguing about why do the richer get richer and poor continue poor. They were saying why do rich people even buy lotteries? I am not angry about it. It is who it is. Who wins is who wins. Lottery is not restricted to a certain person. Anyone can play.

..WTF? He basically went around emptying out EVERY place that had lotto machines..

lmao..

Fair point, but I don't think it's a particularly loathsome trash can. The price is low enough that only a small percent truly can't afford occasional tickets. And determined people find other ways to waste money. I had a friend who did a short gig working for a company that essentially sold magic crystals (jewelry, etc.). Shortly after starting she realized that the majority of customers were poor single mothers, and began to feel guilty about it. I'm not sure if the company deliberately targeted a particular class, but whether or not they did, what do you do about it, other than not participate? If you prove the company is a scam, you can shut it down, but there are ten thousand others like it out there. And there's the chance that the owners actually believe in their magic crystals, and that they're actually helping people. Not that that makes it legit, but it muddies the ethics.

I'm also assuming that most people only play the lottery occasionally for big jackpots, rather than as a regular money dump. If it's a periodic money dump than, yeah, there might be some ethical problems.

Regardless, it's still voluntary, nobody's being forced to play the lottery.

Some of the saddest gambling addiction I've ever seen has been watching people do scratch-off tickets at convenience stores. I've seen people that hang out there all day (nearly every day) doing them...probably blowing all/most of their money on the things. Gross.

^I see that at work every night.

I pretty much only play when its high. I usually only play the $1 lotto like Mega Million and no more than $10.

I don't gamble

Technically, I dont either. In some alternate reality I win every time.

Everything in life is a gamble. You cannot predict the future. Sure you have some control, but not total.