Have you ever noticed one thing about people lining up at lotto lines? None of them are actually millionaires or wealthy. The reason is that Lotto is statistically made to make profit out of the gullible masses who flock to it as if it were a shrine of divine salvation. The money generated by Lotto is supposedly used to fund useful government projects that will make life better for our less fortunate brothers. This is an insane oxymoron if I’ve ever seen one. You literally exploit the poor so that you make pro-poor projects? But in reality we all know that the money doesn’t really go to that cause in it’s entirety.
According to Kim from Tumblr, PGMA distributed the fruits of Lotto to government employees as an extra Christmas gift. I have nothing against bonuses for employees but to blatantly brand it with her face and to call it “Gloria Sardines” and “Gloria Rice”? It’s not your money, Madame President. It’s the money of the masses that were duped and fooled into placing their little and hard earned money into gambling which they have almost zero chances of winning.
Lotto should be abolished because it offers no permanent solution to poverty, and in fact worsens it because it is literally exploitative in design. There is a reason why there are more people who lose in gambling versus those who win and it’s really frustrating to see more and more people get sucked into this deadly “hobby”.
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1 reason why lotto is a waste of money
most of the Filipinos really don’t care about what the government is really doing. as long they can make a quick cash and make it through the day. i never really thought about that in lotto..thanks for the info