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Analysis: Should Advertisements For Gambling Be Directed To The Poor?

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Should advertisements for gambling be directed to the poor?

The topic I am writing about is on how gambling affects lower income people. Many people, including myself, believe gambling and the lottery are beneficial for some. Unfortunately, thousands of people come up short and do not win a dime; they lose money. In many situations we must ask ourselves, do the positives outweigh the negatives on this topic? Is the government preying on the poor hopefuls who pay for the ticket out of poverty?

The question at hand is, are the negatives stronger than the positives? One strong negative in the people’s eyes should be the amount of money lost in past years due to the lottery. Sheryl Nance-Nash, author on the website Daily Finance, states …show more content…

The topic I am writing about is on how gambling affects lower income people. Many people, including myself, believe gambling and the lottery are beneficial for some. Unfortunately, thousands of people come up short and do not win a dime; they lose money. In many situations we must ask ourselves, do the positives outweigh the negatives on this topic? Is the government preying on the poor hopefuls who pay for the ticket out of poverty?

The question at hand is, are the negatives stronger than the positives? One strong negative in the people’s eyes should be the amount of money lost in past years due to the lottery. Sheryl Nance-Nash, author on the website Daily Finance, states that in 2007 the United States citizens spent about $92 billion dollars in gambling (Nance-Nash). That total is more money than the Wisconsin state and local government spent in 2015; Wisconsin only spent $55.7 million (US). This much money being spent is hurting many different kinds of people: poor, addicted, middle-class, even wealthy people. It is an addiction that people cannot control and the government uses the people’s weaknesses against them. Since 1974, the U.S government has exempted state lotteries from advertising laws. The gist of these laws state that “most industries and companies are subject to truth-in-advertising laws enforced by the Federal Trade Commission. According to these laws, advertising must be truthful and non-deceptive, advertisers must have evidence to back up their claims, and advertisements cannot be unfair” (Goodman). According to this information, the government is enabling people's addictions, instead of aiding them to get better. Is the Government letting this happen just to gain state

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