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Excellent!
But it's not only that "Some poor people see playing the lottery as their best opportunity for improving their financial situations", some people see the lottery as their ONLY hope or ever getting out of the daily grind.
State lotteries are really just another way for states to gain revenue w/o actually taxing the population.
Also, if you notice, all USA lotteries are based on ever bigger prizes. It is my contention that lotteries would help those who choose to play more by offering many more smaller prizes instead of one huge prize and then insignificant secondary prizes. So instead of one $50,000,000 prize, a few prizes in the low 6 figure range and many more in the even lower ranges, making the top prize say $5,000,000 and spreading the remaining amounts out among the lower tiers would encourage more people to play.
Lotto Makes Sense, Even for Losers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/weekinreview/11carey.html
And here are some interesting lottery stories and analysis:
http://politicalcalculations.blogspot.com/search/label/lottery