Should State Lottery Be Abolished

Have you ever wanted the chance to win millions upon millions of dollars with buying one single ticket? All of your dreams could come true when you play the lottery. When you play the lottery you have the possibility to change not only your life, but the people's lives around you. Many people in the state of Mississippi say that the lottery is a waste of money and that we state already has a casino system, but the lottery should be legal in the state of Mississippi because the winners can do good with their winnings and change not only their lives but other people's life. State lotteries create multiple scholarships in a time where college is very expensive, and many people cannot afford college. “In Arkansas alone since 2009 more than

Well that is exactly what the state lottery can do! “State lotteries offer inexpensive forms of amusement.” (Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Research Division. State Lotteries pg 8) most lottery tickets are not very expensive, and a person does not have to be part of the highest class of wealth to purchase a ticket. A lot of the lottery money has helped fund many schools in more than one state. Although the bigger schools may receive a larger sum of the lottery money, smaller schools would also receive a fair sum of the lottery money as well. From personal experience my school is very small, and my school would greatly benefit from the extra money that could be received from state lottery

“Studies show that eighty-six percent of minors under the age eighteen acquire lottery tickets in the form of a gift” (Lottery Tickets for minors a bad idea Hinz, Tina page 1).This means that fourteen percent of minors are getting the lottery by purchasing the lottery ticket. An easy way to fix both of these problems before they even begin to develop is to make the selling of lottery tickets to anyone under the age of eighteen illegal and the person who sold the ticket pay a hefty fine and serve at least two years in jail. For those minors who receive the lottery tickets as a form of a gift those minors should not be allowed to cash that ticket, and when the minor goes into the convenient store or lottery office the minor should be required to show proof that he or she is over the age of eighteen. If the minor turns out to be under eighteen an immediate investigation should be taken into place to find out where the minor got the lottery ticket from. This would eventually put an end to minors getting their hands on lottery