re: #235 Cannadian Club Akbar

The lotto/lottery is just a tax on the poor.

It is, but governments typically allow it in some form because:

A) they recognize that poor people are going to engage in some form of gambling anyway, and

B) this way they can recapture more of the money for projects that usually benefit the same poor people, rather than let the profit go to casino owners.

In fact, you can view the lottery as a form of gambling that seeks, eventually, to put itself out of business.