Compulsive gambling.

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golotto — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 07:09:49 GMT

I agree. I've never considered my lottery participation as gambling but rather an interest in numbers. The term gambling has really never crossed my mind. I suppose one could get hooked on many different things in life such as caffeine, coffee, soda, sitcoms ...almost anything can become addictive in extreme excess. But as far as the lottery is concerned, I play for fun and and continue to enjoy every aspect of Powerball, Megabucks, and the other games I occasionally try. I usually stick to a pr... [ More ]

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BobP — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:17:30 GMT

First of all I don't consider playing the lottery to be gambling unless we view almost everything as a form of risk taking. There is a percentage of the population that has a problem with almost everything, this should not change things for the rest of us as a society cannot be built around protecting everyone from their personal demons.However, I do think industry that reaches out to us including people who can't handle it, have some obligation to help those who can't resist the sirens song esp... [ More ]

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Todd — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 02:03:58 GMT

IMHO they are doing enough or too much already. I'd much rather have all the money spent on those programs put to better use (or preferrably given back to us in the form of a tax cut).

Compulsive gambling.

DoctorEw220 — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:38:51 GMT

This is kind of a serious issue to lottery players, so i figured i'd see what everyone else thought of the issue.