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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: news.admin,can.general
Subject: Re: warning: scumbags using usenet for pyramid schemes
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Date: 29 Nov 89 11:00:21 GMT
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In article <1989Nov28.170119.718@eci386.uucp> clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis) writes:
>odds, aren't violating the laws of physics, and are usually regulated
>by the government, ostensibly, again, to avoid fraud.  (BTW: lottery
>winnings aren't taxable in Canada, so there isn't a revenue incentive
>for the govt.  Alcohol, on the other hand, is entirely different :-()


Certainly there is. They run them. Or at least own the companies that run
them. Ostensibly here in BC the fund's generated go to fund things like
sports, culture etc. Seems to me that if they didn't get funded by lotteries
they would end up being funded by taxes. 

Lotteries in Canada are really an alternate form of taxation. A fairly 
regressive one in that the funds are generally solicted from the types of 
people who can usually least afford it. And are hyped by slick mega buck 
advertising campaigns.


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