Win for Life - The Ugly Truths About Lottery
You turn on the TV to watch your most anticipated program, the lottery show.
You wait for the announcer to say the winning number combination.
The announcer says the numbers one by one as they show on the screen.
You can't believe your eyes.
The number combination matches the numbers on your ticket.
Then everybody -- your spouse, children and relative -- shouts for joy.
If only it was true.
In reality, lottery jackpots are hard to get.
Look at it this way.
In a lotto where you must win six number combinations from the numbers one to forty-six (1-46), the chances of winning are one in every 1678057920 number combinations! Even if you buy 10 tickets with different number combinations, the chances of you winning are still very small.
You might as well bet in a football or boxing match, where the chances of winning are one to two.
There are thousands of people taking their chances in lotto, but you could only count the yearly winners on your fingers in one hand.
But the poor wins usually, right? Since they need more money than average people do, they must win.
Possibly, but there are also average and above-average people who play lotto even if they are well fed and could support themselves and their kids.
So every person has a small chance of winning.
Everything is fair game.
Also, we get poorer if we play lotto seven times a week, 365 days a year.
For example, if you buy a ticket everyday that costs $20, you lose $7,300! You might as well use it on other important things such as schooling, businesses and investments.
And when you think it is still harmless, you are wrong.
It could be the root of addiction, similar with gamblers in casinos who bet even their house just to improve their luck.
They often cry because of debt.
Probably, lotto dealers and owners earn more than we do.
If you get the jackpot, then you are very lucky.
But even if you become an instant billionaire, that wouldn't mean no more problems for you.
You would like to help your mother, father, siblings and friends.
Since you are now rich, money would be just like a piece of candy.
But it also leads to harassment, abusiveness and worse, murder.
Since the jackpot winner is still adjusting to this new environment, he is likely to fall victim to excessive luxury or fraudulent transactions.
It could get dangerous for you if you win.
And the worst is if you spend too much money.
The jackpot looks like a never-ending source of big bucks, but with careless handing it could all lead to zero.
You could be in greater debt that you are in now.
All the money handed over to you could quickly turn into nothing but ashes.
If you want to play lotto, think twice.
Being smart is much better than being greedy and risky.
Better win for life than win money once and just end uplosing it.
You wait for the announcer to say the winning number combination.
The announcer says the numbers one by one as they show on the screen.
You can't believe your eyes.
The number combination matches the numbers on your ticket.
Then everybody -- your spouse, children and relative -- shouts for joy.
If only it was true.
In reality, lottery jackpots are hard to get.
Look at it this way.
In a lotto where you must win six number combinations from the numbers one to forty-six (1-46), the chances of winning are one in every 1678057920 number combinations! Even if you buy 10 tickets with different number combinations, the chances of you winning are still very small.
You might as well bet in a football or boxing match, where the chances of winning are one to two.
There are thousands of people taking their chances in lotto, but you could only count the yearly winners on your fingers in one hand.
But the poor wins usually, right? Since they need more money than average people do, they must win.
Possibly, but there are also average and above-average people who play lotto even if they are well fed and could support themselves and their kids.
So every person has a small chance of winning.
Everything is fair game.
Also, we get poorer if we play lotto seven times a week, 365 days a year.
For example, if you buy a ticket everyday that costs $20, you lose $7,300! You might as well use it on other important things such as schooling, businesses and investments.
And when you think it is still harmless, you are wrong.
It could be the root of addiction, similar with gamblers in casinos who bet even their house just to improve their luck.
They often cry because of debt.
Probably, lotto dealers and owners earn more than we do.
If you get the jackpot, then you are very lucky.
But even if you become an instant billionaire, that wouldn't mean no more problems for you.
You would like to help your mother, father, siblings and friends.
Since you are now rich, money would be just like a piece of candy.
But it also leads to harassment, abusiveness and worse, murder.
Since the jackpot winner is still adjusting to this new environment, he is likely to fall victim to excessive luxury or fraudulent transactions.
It could get dangerous for you if you win.
And the worst is if you spend too much money.
The jackpot looks like a never-ending source of big bucks, but with careless handing it could all lead to zero.
You could be in greater debt that you are in now.
All the money handed over to you could quickly turn into nothing but ashes.
If you want to play lotto, think twice.
Being smart is much better than being greedy and risky.
Better win for life than win money once and just end uplosing it.
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