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Originally Posted by MargaretR
I don't like the idea.
The people on low incomes are the ones who can least afford to fritter a few pounds a week on the lottery. It encourages gambling and false hopes - the odds against winning are phenomenal.
Better that they be encouraged to save those few pounds and then buy premium bonds
.....where their money does not disappear into some funding for some project they are never likely to benefit from.
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in my idea all the money goes back into all the local communities in turn and it wont be spent on worthless projects..
maybe im being too ideal here, it must be my altruistic personality...