Stop Predatory Gambling

Swindling the Lottery Class for every last dollar

by spgadmin

Lottery players across the United States purchasing Powerball tickets with the Power Play option will have a chance to increase their “winnings” by ten times starting May 1. But like everything connected with the government program of predatory gambling, there is a catch to the scheme: Power Play costs an extra $1 per ticket.

There are two primary ways for lotteries to achieve higher profits: get existing lottery users to lose more money or entice non-lottery users to start through aggressive marketing and expansion into new products and venues.

It is much easier and cheaper to get existing users to lose more which is why we see $50 scratch tickets. “PowerPlay” represents more of the same strategy.

Powerball and MegaMillions recently merged so now states can sell false dreams four times a week instead of two. The user who may have lost his money twice a week now can lose it four times a week. With the addition of PowerPlay, the state is attempting to swindle the Lottery Class for even more of its dollars.