The State Runs the Lottery

Every dollar that goes in the lottery, six % goes to the convenience stores that sell it. A lot of people playing the lottery are the same people that are going to these public schoolsand. So you're basely taking a dollar out of their pocket and like, redistributing it back to supposedly those people probably inefficiently. The government generally spends money less efficiently than individuals who know what they want to spend the night at, goin private companies.

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