They know, that’s their target audience. Desperate people.
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ByteWizard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Lottery and gambling are taxes on emotionally weak people who can’t do math.
Ddhuud@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Ah, my bread and butter… Thrill-seeking rich folk with a poor grasp of statistics and probability.
Manny Calavera, travel agent.
ladicius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lotteries unique selling point is hope.
ScrotusMaximus@lemmy.ninja 1 year ago
Isn’t it telling that our society has to gamble on hope because there is a perception of no other chance?
ByteWizard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sure, but the hope is a result of the first two issues.
They can’t do the math so they think there is a chance. And because they WANT there to be a chance they ignore every time they lose.
ladicius@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I know you have a point, a good one, Lotteries cater to the vulnerable etc. - but you are wrong in one aspect: There are winners, in every lottery, and that’s what fuels the hope.
Even small chances are chances. It’s that simple ;)
ByteWizard@lemm.ee 1 year ago
When did I say there weren’t any winners? I said people think there’s a chance that they might win personally. And you can state the gamblers fallacy any way you like, the fact that there are winners in a lottery has nothing to with the chances of winning personally. Bad at math, bad at logic, too emotional, call it anything you like. Any hope is a result of these flaws, not the cause.
www.palomar.edu/users/…/Gambler's Fallacy.html