The Lottery and The Government

If you don't live under a rock you probably have heard about the recent Mega Millions jackpot that hit last night at a whopping $1.6B. The winning ticket was sold in the small town of Simpsonville, South Carolina to one lucky fella who is probably face down eating out some smoke he met at the bar last night while simultaneously booking his trip to some remote island in the Pacific that he will travel to on his newly acquired yacht that is bigger than a Marriott Resort. Now I don't actually know this but it's what I feel or want to think is happening. Good for him. Or her. Who knows actually. Why? Because the actual winner hasn't stepped forward. This leads to my main point: The Government is in on the lottery. The Mega Millions/Powerball/anything in that family is just another tax but only for the mentally feeble. Think about it. Nobody cares about the jackpot until its at some absurd number, for obvious reasons. Then when the number gets to X amount, it sends everyone into some kind of craze where they go out and buy multiple tickets knowing in the back of their mind that they're just wasting their money. Confidence is key I guess but the reality of it is you damn well know you're not winning that hunk o' cash so why even try. Then when the pot gets to some amount that seems to be record-breaking every year, some nobody from cow-town, USA "wins" and all their dreams have been fulfilled. Sounds nice, right? This is where the federal government comes into play. It's clearer than day that something is fishy with the lottery system. For example, this year the winner came from South Carolina which just so happens to be one of the eight states that the winner can remain anonymous. We have no idea who won that $1.6B and the truth is that we may never know. All this is is the government buying some time for this all to blow over eventually snatching that bag and paying off someone to claim that they won it. Then that person will just so happen to spend a portion of it giving back to the community, a portion for the bank, a bit for him/herself on material items and the rest spread out to family and friends with said individual living happily ever after. Its all a scheme at some point. Have you ever met someone who won the Mega Millions? No and you never will. Now don't get this confused with scratch-offs because that's all totally legitimate. We all know the best time to get some scratch-offs is around 4:30-5am on your walk home from the bar in the deli down the street while hovering over a nice bacon, egg, and cheese with salt, peppa, ketchup on a plain bagel and an Arizona Arnold Palmer. Well, maybe only my New York people will understand that one. Moving on. Its all a conspiracy that draws our citizens in. Its a trap (hahaha Star Wars joke). Lottery=Tax. Wake up people.

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-Doorman