THE LOTTERIES GAMBLE
One can now witness almost all lottery ticket sales points
with shutters down and suddenly the road side sweep ticket sellers have gone
missing: a classic case of consumer resistance at its best which was what was
lacking in this country so far, with everyone on the street silently bearing
whatever burdens heaped on them by all governments so far.
It is really funny that with plenty of brilliant brains and
financial “Osthars” in this government, that they have miserably failed so far
to even present a workable and practical budget without subjecting it to so
many cuts and changes since its presentation.
This sudden increase in the lowly lottery ticket came like a bolt from
the blues and one can really understand the reaction of those involved in the
trade as the government’s intention was to take it all without passing any
benefit to those who really sweat it out to generate the income.
Besides, with this steep increase in the price of a ticket,
the agents and road-side sellers would have to exert additional pressure and
redouble efforts to market and sell the tickets at the increased price whilst
facing obvious resistance, at least during the initial period, on the part of
the buyers, as there is no chance of even an increased price money to
compensate for the extra money they have to pocket out to buy a ticket.
One wonders what will finally happen to the lottery tickets
already printed with the additional price being mentioned and whether there
will be any draw during the first couple of weeks at all.
It would be interesting to see how this battle between David
and Goliath will end. After all,
People’s Power in many other countries have resulted in great victories.
It is not for nothing that they say “Lotteries are a tax on
the mathematically challenged”
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