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Lotteries- A Tax On the Poor - Thursday, July 2, 2009 6:01 PM Lotteries have been called a tax on the poor. Ultimately at only a dollar or two a ticket, anyone can play the lotteries. However, many people become addicted to buying tickets and they can cause family/marital problems. Discuss this topic with a parent and get their view on lotteries and specifically lotteries in Singapore. Include at least one quote from an adult, one quote or reference from either an NPR presentation or YouTube video in your discussion. Your blog entry has to be at least 200 words in length and you must either support lotteries or condemn them. Gambling has never been a problem in my family, as my family members know how to manage their urges. However, my mother claims that gambling really isn't a bad thing. My grandfather is a Majong pro, and he's won so many games and bets that almost nobody bets money when playing with him. He has earned a lot of money through this. He no longer plays as often, but he still makes the occasional quick buck or two from this. Don't get me wrong, my grandfather is not that bad a gambler. As I said, he can manage his impulses to gamble away all his savings. He has never been to a casino, and neither has any of my other family members. When I asked my father for his opinion on gambling, I emphasised on why he bets on 4D sometimes. He said that it was to give him something to hope for and keep him through another work day. I feel that too much of this thinking will result in gambling problems, as if somebody thinks he is gambling just for relaxation and motivation, and thus spend more on gambling, he might eventually get addicted to gambling. 'Just get yourself hooked on other things', is what my father believes in to avoid getting a gambling problem, and what that 'something' is I really don't know. Anyways, there is reportedly a 'new drug, Nalmefene, (that) may help reduce urges in pathological gamblers.' This drug has not been tested yet, but I hope that people who haven't heard of the rules my father lives by can finally quit gambling with this drug. |