Lotteries - Boon or Bane?

Lotteries - Boon or Bane? This question has plagued many people in the past few years. Some claim that lotteries are just a tax for the poor. Others say that lotteries are a chance for the people to strike it out. Who is right? Or are they both wrong?

I personally feel that lotteries are bad. This is because people who are addicted to lotteries will usually go deep into debt. Of course, these people might get lucky, but how often is lucky? They might go into depression due to their gambling addiction. Or in a rare case, they might even die.

Those were my insights on gambling. Now for what my parents feel about it: "Gambling is bad if you gamble excessively, but if you gamble only like once every month or so, it is still reasonably okay. If you win the lottery, you would definitely recoup all of your losses. For the poor, it might even give them a chance to strike it out in the world!"

On a YouTube video, a few women shared how they were compulsive gamblers. One woman said that she once won USD10,000 playing Bingo. "...and that just took you right in." She said. Overall, when she finally stopped, she had already lost $300,000, her retirement money. She even spent a year in prison once because she was stealing money to gamble. "Even now," she says, "I still feel the urge to gamble. Even after 10 years. Even after a year in prison." That is the power of gambling addiction.

Another thing to point out is that lotteries are not the only form of gambling. Slot machines, poker, bingo and BlackJack are just some of the other examples of gambling.

In conclusion, gambling is bad because it could lead you to other vices, like stealing and lying. Therefore, if you really need to gamble, gamble smart, and don't take too much risk. Best of all, don't gamble.