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August 22, 2023
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The Ugly Underbelly of the Lottery

Lottery is one of the many ways people try to change their fortunes. Some people win, and the jackpots they garner can be quite large. But there is an ugly underbelly to this activity that few talk about – that of the lottery encouraging people to gamble away their financial security in search of a quick fix.

The concept of distributing property or other assets by lot is ancient, dating at least to biblical times. The practice was used in Roman times for slaves and other goods, and it also appeared in the dinner entertainment apophoreta, in which wood pieces with symbols on them were drawn for prizes during Saturnalian feasts. The word lottery may be derived from Middle Dutch lotgerij (perhaps a calque of Middle French loterie).

Since the early post-World War II period, state governments have promoted lotteries as a source of “painless” revenue, based on the assumption that voters will spend money in return for the chance to win big. This arrangement was a boon for government budgets, and the growth of lotteries in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s helped to pay for the expansion of public services in those years.

But this dynamic has shifted in recent decades. As lottery revenues have leveled off, there is a growing sense that the promotion of gambling is at cross-purposes with the public interest. The problem is that, because lottery operations are run as businesses with a focus on maximizing profits, advertising necessarily promotes the opportunity to gamble, and this can lead to negative consequences for poor people and problematic gamblers.

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