The Lottery
Beginning of paper
, what are the results? This is a question often ignored
today. In a world of get rich quick and something for nothing
seems to fit right in. Is it to good to be true. It promises better
schooling for children and lower taxes for the average worker. It is
toasted as the answers to all of a state†....
Middle of paper
.... Overview, the chances of wining the lottery are one
in five million. The same article also points out the odds of getting
struck by lighting are one in six hundred thousand. That means you are
eight times more likely to be struck by lighting than to win the
lottery.(Issues of Gambling) The odds always sound better on television.
That’s because state lotteries are exempt from Federal Trade Commission
truth-in-advertising standards.(Reno 1) This means that state lotteries
are allowed to adve ....
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