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>>jimbob+(OP)
Almost everyone involved knew it was a mistake, but was captured (directly or indirectly) by the profits to be made.

>>pinko+ja
Also it's hard to be against gambling if your state runs a lotto, which is gambling.

>>Clubbe+Tb
> Also it's hard to be against gambling if your state runs a lotto, which is gambling.

How so? Different kinds of gambling have different characteristics that could make them more or less prone to problematic behavior.

With the lottery, it's so boring and there's such a time lag between action and response that intuitively it seems like it would be harder to get addicted or harder for addiction to become really problematic.