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The solution is even simpler: abolish lotteries altogether. They are a tax on the poor and a fraud on the taxpayers.

Easy in theory, but you can't just abolish the gambler's mentality. Cunning people with a loose moral compass will find a way.

The government ought not be sanctioning it by saying things like "the money that we get goes towards schools" (https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/07/hey-texplainer-does-...).

Indeed. This is indeed a scam. Well maybe not a scam but at least a prevarication. Government of all entities should not be engaging in tricks like this.

All the monies are fungible. "This money goes to schools, this money goes to road" is a farce.

Just because you don't want to take that risk doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed to do so.

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