A lottery- Yay or Nay

Personally, I support the holding of the lotteries. Whilst this would not be the best of choices for family counsellors, but I still think that the lottery should still be carried on. Many people or family counsellors say that gambling leads to many family and marital problems and I must agree, it does cause problems, but not that many. Actually, the lottery is not as bad as it may seem. The lottery is simply a form of more subtle gambling compared to other gambling games such as poker or roulette. Those games involve high risks that in any moment, you may lose all your money in an instant. Lotteries simply allow an opportunity for people to try their luck, for, money is the key to most things in life. The lottery must not be seen as only a bad habit, it can also be seen as a way to get money, although it is not as stable as a job. Winning the lottery gains you instant money, the sums more than you could ever work in a month, or even a year. Check out this article on the man who wins the lottery and how he truly came from rags to riches. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/232m_lottery_winner_is_true_ra.html

My parents also, though in not all ways, support the lottery. They say that it is something for the people to look forward to. Life would then not be so dull as they have that lottery ticket in hand, waiting eagerly for the results to come out in the weekend. So, in some ways, adds joy to people's lives. Also, they thought of something that i did not think of. They said that if lotteries were to be condemned, more people would resort to gambling illegally and causing even more family and marital problems, though the "black gambling table" already exists, condemning the lotteries would only cause more people to seek the "black gambling table" to satisfy their wishes for money. Then, those people would probably result to underhand methods to win, causing fights or disputes which may require the police, which, we are now, now seeing or hearing much about such incidences.

Thus, I support the lotteries as the way I see it, condemning the lotteries would only create more problems to people, and would also result in the lost of that wee bit of thrill in our lives, dulling their days.