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dataflow • yesterday at 9:52 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I read your second sentence but I don't get it. Isn't generating profit for the state literally the entire point of the lottery? Who is arguing that it doesn't do that in theory or practice?


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triceratops • yesterday at 10:15 PM

Profit motive implies profit maximization behavior or mandates. A state-run lottery should not have that. Again, in theory.