Persuasive Essay About Winning The Lottery

It is a dream for everyone to win the lottery. Everyday more and more people are needing money and they are seeing how much you could get for winning the lottery. Playing the lottery has many pro’s and con’s; you buy lots tickets just to get losers, you send money on them that could be used more resourcefully, and lastly if you do win then the payout is huge. State run lotteries started nearly 50 years ago and is a big hit today. Over time the lottery has brought it more money than ever spent on sports tickets, books, games, movie tickets, and music (Source 2). People believe that they will be the next person to win and never have to worry about financial problems the rest of their lives, and some might be right. When people buy the tickets they are too busy thinking what they will do when they win, instead of thinking about how much money they are losing. According to Dave Sherwood from Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, told Portland Press Herald, in Waite Maine, $1,313 is spent for every man, woman, and child in a town with a total population of 101 people. With a poor economy like we have, money is everything and we can’t …show more content…
A recent study done, shows for every 1% without a job, there is a 10% sales increase (Source 5). The lottery is targeting the poor in most cases because it gives them a feeling that they could no longer be poor if they won. EBT cards, food stamps, unemployment and welfare are ways the poor are getting lottery tickets. Lottery tickets are giving people a false feeling of security, they would rather spend what little money then have on tickets then on food or the necessities needed to live. When asked, a regular lottery ticket buyer Monica Altvater says “I won $15, spent $150, and I’m not even done yet, I may drop my whole paycheck here today” (Source 5). Everyday more and more people are becoming addicted to buying lottery