On 1/10/06 14:47, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
"Mike" writes:
| "Sacha" wrote in message
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| My step daughter describes Lotto as 'a tax for the stupid'.....
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| Well you would say that wouldn't you? I started the thread :-))

Well, so would I - and it has nothing to do with you personally. As
many of us predicted, the promise that it would be only for things
that were not appropriate for funding out of taxation was kept only
for a couple of years. And the fact that much (most?) of the money
isn't spent for extended periods is definitely a hidden form of
taxation.

Sigh....I hadn't even seen the start of the thread but never mind... The
way in which the money is currently misused has put enormous numbers of
people off buying tickets. And IMO, it would attract more buyers not just
by improving the distribution to good causes but by making more and smaller
prizes instead of one huge one of e.g. £8 mill. Eight prizes of £1 mill.
each would be more attractive in terms of 'possibility'.

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Sacha
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South Devon
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