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The NAACP in Texas Says It’s Time to Ban Lottery Tickets
A recent study estimates that poor people spend 9% of their income on lottery tickets, which is a staggering amount. Poor people are desperate to climb out of poverty, and the thought of winning the lottery is an easy fix. But should state lotteries be banned because of the disproportional impact they have on the poor? The Dallas Chapter of the NAACP says yes:
The Dallas Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) says that it wants to put an end to the Texas lottery. The organization says that the lottery takes money out of the pockets of the poor and minorities.
“It’s an addiction,” chapter President Juanita Wallace said. “Many, many people have actually spent all their money in hope of getting out of a situation, when in fact, they’re getting themselves into a worse situation.”
President Wallace mentions a man who died without health insurance last week after spending a lot of his money on lottery tickets.
One Response to The NAACP in Texas Says It’s Time to Ban Lottery Tickets
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Rev. George Brooks
July 1, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Juanita Wallace is correct, but the lottery is going to
say that they are not forcing folks to play. My beef is
that the lotteries do not have a wider enough spread of
winning in different amounts and prizes. Like what would
be the case if people’s tickets were drawn, like in
raffle type games. And in which all kind of money and
various other prizes could be up for grabs, if a large
number of tickets were to be drawn each week, or whenever
the winners are selected. Even cars, TVs, or perhaps a
home or two, and various amounts of money such as a large
number of $5,000 winners, $50,000 winners, $1,000, $25,000,
etc. And, again, done by a host of drawings each game. —
Rev. George Brooks