Jackpot

   Here comes more good news. Did you know that eight people have won the biggest lottery in the

U.S.

Also a group of co-workers from

Nebraska

won the $365 million Powerball Prize. When all of the taxes have been taken out each winner will recieve 15.5 million.

  One of the great lucky winners, Mike Terpstra, is not sure what she is going to do with all of the money. Mike said that everyone has a dream.

   All of the winning tickets were bought at a conenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska on Febuary 17. The winning numbers were 15, 17, 43, 44, and 48 and a powerball number of 29 were drawn on Saturday. 

    Lottery is a form of gambling that is run by a state. The states get money from the lottery tickets. A common way to run the lottery is to divide the tickets cost.

     Many people say that lottery is like gambling. People may become addicted to gambling. Problems sometimes occur as people spend money supporting their gambling habit. For the same reason that is going on, many forms of gambling areas are illegal. But state controlled lotteries are llegal. Although they say that gambling is illegal. They also say that they should have a different way of earning money.

  If I would have a chance to win the lottery I would not know what to do with it all. I do not think lottery is like gambling. I don't think that because lottery and gambling do not sound alike nor seem like they are related at all. That is what I think.

                        What do you think about this?

Comments

[Bronwyn G]

In Britain and Europe lotteries are legal and indeed state-supported, as they are in Australia. I think the US is pretty unique in having an illegal lottery. I think also they should stop having lotteries over the Internet as they can get vulnerable people trapped into gambling.

[Anne Davis]

Diana,
What an informative post! You certainly covered a lot of information and I enjoyed reading it. I think there are pros and cons to the lottery. The biggest pro is the funding provided for education. It can be a very controversial topic. I like the fact that you will write your opinions as well as provide other facts. If you should ever win a lottery, put enough aside to pay for your future education! Would you like to attend college in the future? Keep up the good work!
Mrs. Davis

[diana]

Mrs. Davis,
Yes I would like to attend college in the future. When I grow old enough to go to college I will try to go. I want to get a good education.