in head to head in a competition and the winning logo was a cowboy hat thrown high in celebration. The winner was Susan Holten from Carrollton from the public design, and the logo is still in use today. The lottery’s first game was the Lone Star Millions, which was a scratch-off ticket, and it was sold to the governor Ann Richard at Polk’s Feed Store in Oak Hill. First day sales as well as first week sales set a world record. Lotto Texas began sales on November 7, 1992 and its first drawing was on
The light turned red, and I hit the brake pedal. I looked over to my right and saw my little pixie friend covering her eyes with her hands, “What is wrong Alice? I have this thing perfectly under control.” A hint of annoyance dripped in my voice. “Yeah, I know Bella, you are doing fine. But it just freaks me out a little bit that Jasper and Edward refused to ride in here.” Alice finished finally opening her eyes and looking at me with a little bit of desperation. She sighed, rather loudly. “Alright
laws against the lottery for religious reasons. Spending a considerable amount of money on the lottery, disregarding your other financial responsibility and completely losing yourself in the thought of spending a couple dollars to maybe win a couple million dollars every single day, then it becomes an addiction. According to addictions.com “Gambling addiction is characterized by a compulsive desire to gamble that is marked with an inability to control behaviors when gambling. Those who suffer from gambling
Powerball lottery are 1 in 175.2 million, which means that you are more likely to die from a bee sting or get struck by lightning. Although the chances of winning are slim to none, it is still possible. But is winning the lottery beneficial? Since winning the lottery does not make winners physically happier, puts winners in financial ruin, and destroys winners important relationships, winning the lottery is not beneficial. When you think of accumulating millions of dollars in a small amount of time
by Governor Easley’s office, North Carolinians spend $100 million on the Virginia lottery and $25 million on the Georgia lottery. Since at least one-half of the lottery money goes to prizes then North Carolina has fifty percent of this money returned. Lottery proponents still argue that $40.6 million is still leaving North Carolina (Analysis 2). “Three stores on U. S. 29 just over the state line in Danville accounted for almost $12 million worth of ticket sales,” and more than ninety percent of the
luck until the day I will always remember: December 11th. December 10th started out as any other day. Before, I went to work as a waitress; I went to the local supermarket to buy a Lotto 649 ticket. The jackpot that week was worth approximately 30 million dollars. The numbers I picked were the same as always: 7, 17, 18, 21, 39 and 44. After buying the lottery ticket, I went to Lucky Fortune, the restaurant where I worked. The restaurant was full; every table was occupied. As I walked through the door
Some of us over the course of our lives, have at least purchase one a lottery ticket. We go to our nearest liquor store, we buy the lottery ticket and pray we are the chosen one. But, how often do we stop and ask ourselves, where does the money from buying a lottery ticket go? A lot of people assume it’s all for fun and games, others might say the sales of lottery tickets are put back into the community, or simply the money is kept by the state, who at the end decide what to do with that money. The
because of lottery. He won £108M and he planned to follow his passion for British touring car racing ("Neil Trotter named £108m Euromillions lottery winner") 2. However, people tend to forget that there is only one winner. What about the others millions of people who buy tickets in order to win the jackpot? They bought on average 3 tickets per person. We can take the example of the Powerball Lottery, which is a kind of lottery, the probability to win the jackpot is only 1 on 175,223,510 (“Wasserstein”)
these products consisted of corny scratch of tickets where prizes got no higher than five hundred dollars. It has been reported that nearly 200 million dollars were spent on lotto advertising in one year between the 38 participating state lotteries (Teinowitz 3). “The New York lottery takes in more than $2 billion in sales each year, and it spends $30 million in advertising to keep the cash rolling in”(Joshua Shenk 22). This is very destructive spending, because this money could be used for schools
affect their child and thousands of others. The... ... middle of paper ... ...who do not win and choose to play continuously. For this reason states are implementing ways to help them improve their situation. Chances of winning can be 1 in 150 million but one has to overlook that. Lottery is beneficial to the winners as well as those who do not win. The lottery helps relieve states of increasing taxes. People with children are help because their children receive a better education through high
Ever watched ESPN and seen a report about a baseball player signing a five year contract worth 150 million dollars? Now, with a little math, one would come to realize that that contract means that baseball player will make a bit less than 30 million dollars in that five year period. That is ridiculous. Why do professional baseball players as well as professional athletes in general make so much money just to play a game that little kids play to stay out of trouble? It is because people pay them
dangerous substances and should be taken into caution. If they are leading to disease, why are people still using them? For every one person that dies at their hands, thirty people have to live with a disease caused by it. There are more than sixteen million Americans living with these diseases as part
population jobs are harder to find. Over half of the nation 's population are congested into cities according to the 1920 federal census. In 2014 the United States Census recorded New York City alone holding about 8.5 million people, while the entire state of New York held 19 million people, making just the city alone hold half of the population of the state. A larger population causes there to be a substantial increase of poverty within the cities. Today, over 500,000 people are unemployed living
shared apartment at Park Ave. and tells her that she needs 1 million dollars. Jeannette obviously befuddled asks what the one million is for, Rose mary responds with how her brother, JEanette's uncle died and now she had to buy the land that he owned. Jeannette makes the connection that since her uncle's land was worth one million dollars, her mother's land was worth the same. Jeannette tells her mother that she cannot give her one million dollars, and Rose MAry tells JEanette that she is disappointed
Imagine a business that brings in $60 million each year, and the people fueling that industry receive none of the revenue (Wieberg). These same people work 40 hours in their sport every week. These “people” are college athletes. The NCAA, the governing body for major college sports, is the industry doing this to college athletes (Edelman). This is an issue of exploitation and control by large institutions over primarily poor people. The NCAA is guiding them in directions to make money for everybody
Children are a loved and cherished piece of the human existence, but why are they so often treated as less than they are? “For centuries children have been involved in Military campaigns-- as child ratings on warships, or as drummer boys on the battlefields of Europe,” (United Nations Children’s Fund). Although it seems old fashioned, this is a very prevalent issue that we face today, especially in Africa, the Middle East, and in some parts of South America. Children are used to fulfill a variety
Salaries of Athletes What should athletes deserve to be paid? Many players have risen to stardom by becoming a professional athlete. Athletes have come from many different backgrounds; some from wealthy and some from poverty raised backgrounds. Salaries are continuing to rise, and money doesn’t seem to be an issue. Athletes are getting what they want from the owners by negotiating through their agents. Athletes’ salaries aren’t from their owners, but they come from other sources (“Athletes’
the largest growing communities today. With a total of over 79 million unique subscribers within the gaming category on YouTube, and huge annual gaming conventions held around the world, virtual gaming almost seems a sport. Gaming has become so popular that annual conventions are held worldwide. One of them being MLG (Major League Gaming) the largest gaming convention in the world. Since it was founded in 2002 MLG has hosted millions of viewers. In June of 2013 20,000 people packed into the Anaheim
In this chapter Howard Zinn gives countless events on the different encounters from Columbus to Corte’s, Pizarro and the Puritans against the Indians such as the Arawaks, Aztecs, Powhatans and the Pequots. Zinn goes into great details on the horrific attacks and raids by Columbus and his crew sailing from island to island in the Caribbean taking the Indians captive in search for land, gold and slaves. Some of the Indians fled when they heard what Columbus and his men were doing. But when they were
Adelphia. This, ultimately led to earnings being inflated known as, “co-mingling” (Adelphia Communications). Additionally, management had the ability to override various policies, in which they did. For instance, with cash transactions that exceeded one million dollars, Tim Rigas had to approve such cash transactions to his father John Rigas. With ineffective corporate governance in place (as mentioned above),