FYI, the lottery is a regressive tax disproportionately paid by the people who can least afford it, and little of the proceeds actually go to community funding.
We should fund community services by taxing the rich, not by conning working people into thinking they'll become rich.
Lotteries are a tax on the gullible, like any other form of gambling.
Little of it goes to amateur sports, social programs, or helping the unfortunate.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lotteries-like-mega-millions-and-powerball-are-a-suckers-bet-and-a-gift-to-the-ultra-rich
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2024/04/02/the-economics-of-american-lotteries
https://www.statista.com/statistics/215265/sales-of-us-state-and-provincial-lotteries/
A game for losing...
https://www.econlib.org/adam-smith-on-lotteries/
Robert Reich
Nicole Parsons