Yeah, there are many things wrong with the whole shebang and it is marketed to appeal to those what if it is me feelings.
But a tax on the poor is what it is as they are the ones funneling all their spare cash into tickets for it. I told my brother who was moaning about being skint that he would be loaded if he stopped spending £20 on lotto tickets every week and sometimes more!
Although next time I am having a beer in the sun I might buy a scratchcard and see what the gambly gambly drinky drink life is like! lol