It Is Fun To Play
Such critics hailed from both sides toto macau of the political aisle and all walks of life, but essentially the most vociferous of them had been religious Protestants, who regarded government-sanctioned lotteries as morally unconscionable. Dismissing long-standing moral objections to the lottery, these new advocates reasoned that, since folks were going to gamble anyway, the state may as well pocket the earnings. That argument had its limits—by its logic, governments also wants to sell heroin—but it gave ethical cowl to…