Lottery tickets in a way are very similar
to gamble with may be fewer stakes. When several people spend money to buy the
tickets a few of them get paid with the same money. Lottery tickets have a
general effect of a miracle. All of us love miracles. Especially in despair we
dream of some miracle that would pull us out of our woes. The lottery business
basically thrives on this mindset of people.
In tough times like these when the entire
world is going through a financial crunch many people who were financially
sound previously are left with hardly any money to make their ends meet. The
loans are piling up and harassment from the money collectors are pushing them
to edges. When there is no other hope left people want to try out their luck
with the lottery. I remember a friend of mine who had recently took a house
loan and bought a flat and got laid off at work due to down-sizing of the
company. It was hard for him to find a job immediately since there aren’t
enough jobs in the market these days. The installments had to be paid he had no
money and a family of four to feed. He started buying lottery tickets because
it made him feel that there was some hope of recovery. If he won a lottery most
likely his financial condition would improve a great deal and he will get
enough time to put his best efforts in finding a new job.
However some people are addicted to buying
lottery tickets. For them wining the money is not as important as the
excitement of the gamble. Such people need counseling so stop wasting their
hard earned money since the probability of winning a lottery would be one in
million. It has even been banned in some states in India to curb the menace.
It would be better to be self-reliant and
make concrete efforts to solve own problems than pray for a supernatural divine
intervention. Since god helps only those who help themselves.
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