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ByteWizard@lemm.ee 8 months agoSure, 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 8 months 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 8 months 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
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Probably more likely to turn 20$ into a fortune playing the lottery than most other ways you could invest it.
InfiniWheel@lemmy.one 8 months ago
Honestly, chances might be extremely low. But if all it takes is a couple of bucks sometimes to maybe win even 1000, I’d take it.