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Reply to "Youngkin: VALottery should be banned"
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[quote=Anonymous]I hate gambling and do not want casinos anywhere in my state for any reason whatsoever. That being said, the history of lotteries is a fascinating one. Lottos were originally numbers rackets run by criminal elements. The guy dropping his entire paycheck today on scratchers at the gas station would have been dripping his entire paycheck with gangsters in the 1950s. Poor people have always been willing to pay for hope. Banning gambling never worked because criminals don’t respect laws. What worked was the states taking over the numbers rackets and monopolizing them as “lotteries”. Paying for schools, elder care, etc was just a way to get the law abiding to go along. “See- the revenue is for good, not for some mobster’s flashy car or fur coat.” State lotteries are fundamentally harm reduction. And for that reason, and that reason alone, I can support them. [/quote]
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