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NY State Lottery officials are hoping to join the big 32-state lottery, Powerball, in hopes of generating more state revenue. Right now, Powerball is available only in neighboring states like Connecticut and Pennsylvania, so when there's a big jackpot, New Yorkers head out of state to buy tickets. Currently, NY is already part of the 12-state MegaMillions lottery, and Lottery spokesman Jennfier Givner told the Daily News that officials think both games will do well, "People are really attracted to the larger jackpots. With all the states involved, you get these exciting large rollups and huge jackpots that people are interested in and drive sales." It would take 6-12 months to get the game rolling and state thinks it could make $11 million in the first year and another $21 million in later years. However, State Senator Frank Padavan (R-Queens) said another lottery game is a terrible idea, snarking, "Given they are already costing the average family another $4,000 and $5,000 a year, it seems reasonable for them to figure out another way to pull money out of the back pockets of the people who can least afford it."
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Oh, good. Cause I don't waste enough money on something I'll never win.
I don't see how they're taking money out of people's pockets. Nobody's putting a gun to their heads or threatening them with legal action if they don't buy tickets. It's their decision. A stupid decision if they choose to spend a lot of money on it, but still theirs.
$4-5000 a year!!! Is that for real?
Absolutely there's nothing wrong with soaking the financially weakest and most vulnerable NYers in the hope of "generating more state revenue." And of course there's nothing wrong with preying on them by advertising on major tv networks during prime time at a cost of $millions.
Hahahaha, wait - are people actually saying that I should feel sorry for poor people who spend all their money on lottery tickets? Isn't that like saying I should feel sorry for Plaxico Burress for shooting himself in the leg? Stupid is stupid, you can't legislate to get rid of it!
The lottery is a tax for people who are bad at math.
Dare we label this as predatory? Nothing like promising people their dreams and delivering only disappointment. Surprised the FTC isn't all over lottery advertising.
It's not the government's responsibility to protect the poor and stupid from making dumb choices. I say have as many keno, megamillions and scratch off games as possible, no one is forcing anyone to buy these tickets.
too bad I can't use my EBT card for lottery tickets.
J/K
I'm not falling for the american dream and I'm not falling for this Dollar and a dream crap.
170,000,000 to 1. That's a lot of wasted hope.