Damn!
Thin Lizzy, I think you are on to something profound here.
The Canadian government is pushing alcohol and gambling ads HARD. Like CRAZY. Ads that show how happy people are to win the lottery.
Keep in mind that in Canada, the government has a MONOPOLY on alcohol and gambling. WHY would they need to advertise??
Do you think it all boils down to Western governments essentially all going broke?
https://equable.org/unfunded-liabilities-for-state-pension-plans-2022/This means there is a national public pension funding shortfall of around $1.4 trillion, as of June 30, 2022 (formally this shortfall is called unfunded liabilities. Collectively that is just 77.9% of the money that should be in state and local pension funds today (and this percentage is called the funded ratio.
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State lotteries are a scam.
In NY you have a pick 3 and pick 4.
Pick 3 has a probability of 1-1000 and pays $500, a 50% takeout.
Pick 4 is 10000-1 and pays $2500, a 75% takeout.
The stupid scratch off games are the same.
Only broke losers play these games. So, I guess the states are trying to appeal to a more upscale crowd.