20. Lottery – A Chance at Millions
In the United States, 43 states, Washington D.C.,
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, all have
own lottery. A lottery is used for states
raise money. Licensed stores sell numbered tickets, or
can pay to choose their own numbers. When
let a machine pick your numbers it is
called a Quick Pick. Many people play lucky
, numbers associated with birthdates or other important numbers
them. The money earned from selling lottery tickets
to pay for schools, roads, bridges, and other
services. Once a week or more, a drawing
held where the numbers are randomly picked. If
ticket has those numbers, you could win a
prize.
There are different types of lotteries, such
Powerball, Mega Millions, and Lotto. Powerball and Mega
are known for their large payouts. There are
instant lottery tickets that are scratch off cards.
winnings tend to be less money but they
extremely popular.
In the United States, you can
the lottery, or buy a ticket if you
18 years or older . If you win,
you have the option of being paid the
amount in one lump sum or of being
smaller amounts over a number of years. Lottery
are taxable, meaning the amount you actually get
smaller than the jackpot number. People can buy
tickets or play the lottery at many convenience
. Lotteries are also very popular since they advertise.
are many television commercials, radio commercials and billboards
people to play.
Lotteries have been controversial since
are essentially a form of legalized gambling. There
concern that it can lead to people becoming
to gambling. There are also illegal lottery games,
run by some forms of organized crime.
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