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Innumeracy isn't about the poor. I know a lot of people who play the lottery especially when the prize is big.

My concern with the poor and the lottery is exploitative. It believe it is akin to a gambling addiction and a false hope. It is a government run institution that exacerbates a mental illness or exploiting a mental disability.



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