※ 引述《Brahman (小狐汔濟)》之銘言：
: → PeerGynt:I'm sure not trasferring to the rich.. 推 61.223.220.246 07/14
: → PeerGynt:necessarily. 推 61.223.220.246 07/14
: So we can assume that the probabilities of winning (losing) lotteries within
: members of the society are equal, that is, the poors and the riches play the
: game fairly. Is that what you mean? I think inequity of wealth distribution in
: the lottery matter is not resulted from the difference of probabilities to be
: a winner between the poor and the rich. There exists another reason.
: "Fair game" doesn't mean that the poors and the riches have the same
: probability to be a winner. It means the expected benefit of gambling is zero.
: Lottery is not a fair gamble because of the negative expected benefit since
: some money have to be paid for services of the lottery company and agencies.
: If the poors tend to purchase lotteries than do the riches, on average they
: will lose more. This is a possible outcome of lottery leading to deterioration
: of the inequity of wealth distribution.
: If the price of lottery is not affordable for the poors, it will be another
: story.
As we know, most of the fund supplied by the buyers who
don't get the prize is transferred to the weaker and poorer
class of the society. That is to say, most of it is used
for social welfare, isn't it?
I agree with your point about the fairness of the game,
which is related to the expected benefit of the buyers.
However, whether the gap between the rich and poor is
broadened does not actually depend on the fairness of the game,
but the allocation of the total fund.
True, several people (and we don't know whether they are
rich) get several tens of millions of dollars of
prize per week. However, most of them are rich, poor, or
the middle-class? Before we get to the conclusion, we
should consider more about that. But the only thing for sure
is that the purpose of the lottery is for social welfare,
which means it functions as transferring most fund supplied by
the buyers of the lottery to the weaker and poorer of the
society. From this point of view, can we say the lottery
causes broadening gap between the rich and poor?
The essence of the lottery in Taiwan is not gambling, but
to do something for the social welfare. That's the key
point when we think about whether it will broaden the gap
between the rich and poor.
※ 編輯: PeerGynt 來自: 61.223.221.146 (07/15 17:32)