Hunter Baker, PhD, has an excellent opinion article here entitled “The house always wins”. He opines about the destructive gambling industry that preys on the people that can least afford it.

“I once sat in a Hardee’s that had a lottery ticket vending machine. A woman in a bathrobe and flip flops came in, bought a thick stack of tickets, and sat down near me. I kept thinking those tickets drained resources she couldn’t afford to lose. Worse, I contemplated the fact that her government actively enticed her to buy those tickets with a constant flurry of advertisements promising riches. We do this even though we know the poor spend disproportionately on gambling.“

The rapid spread of gambling in all forms does not bode well for our culture. Winning the lottery often destroys lives. Read about it here.