komponisto comments on Rationality Quotes - June 2009 - Less Wrong
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I'll bet that a survey of lottery players would reveal that more than 50% know they lose money on average by playing the lottery. If not, a survey of people at slot machines would be even more likely to produce this result.
Gambling is about thrill.
That may be. And yet it's still a tax on those (perhaps a minority) who don't understand the math.