The National Lottery con

[Gary Prentice]

Some of the causes they support wouldn't get funding elsewhere.

 

Probably for good reason!

[muttley9050]

That all depends on your world views and wether you think it's worth changing people's mentality towards its destruction.

[Hodge]

Once again were slagging off something on Arbtalk that we have some control over, if you don't like it don't play it but you fancy having a go then play it. I had a large win 10 years ago, it's helped me set up my business and I still play now. There are so many threads on here now where we seem to get really worked up about thing which we can control by not taking part/buying etc. I'm really changing my thinking on certain thing about Arbtalk and finding my way to deal with these thing.

[GardenKit]

Good post Paul. I do the lottery every week, always have and probably always will.

Do I feel conned? Not in the slightest, its my choice and my choice alone.

[Stubby]

I do the lotto . You got to have a hobby surely

[Gary Prentice]

That all depends on your world views and wether you think it's worth changing people's mentality towards its destruction.

 

Who mentioned environmental charities?

[muttley9050]

Both the projects I worked on were for environmental charities, well actually environmental not for profit. If they hadn't got funding from the lottery, they wouldn't have got funding at all, then the small difference that these projects make/have made wouldn't have been possible. I agree that they probably support less worthy causes but some they support do make a change.

Edited October 10, 2015 by muttley9050

[Gary Prentice]

I'm sure they do, I was jokingly referring to some of the lotteries previous looney funding projects

[muttley9050]

So we agree. Any way The point being I've had a lot more out of them than they have had out of me, and my biggest win to date £25

[Hodge]

So we agree. Any way The point being I've had a lot more out of them than they have had out of me, and my biggest win to date £25

 

 

But that's what gambling is about.