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Winning Ways? – pg. 58 On the daily basis, it is not those lottery winners who receive the most money, but rather the corporations themselves. They have revenues of over a billion dollars each year. The money that is not won by others, or does not go towards overhead (money for keeping company functioning on a daily basis) is instead spent on a variety of projects. George Bernard Shaw is one to believe that only some of these investments are “worthwhile,” which end up equaling 1/3 of these lotto companies yearly revenues. Despite all of this, lotteries are causing more harm then good. Most of those who are fairly credited politicians, as well as a large group of electorate, enjoy the lottery, and thus added to its popularity. The lotto is like a “voluntary tax” in that those who buy, voluntarily tax themselves. Yet the ironic situation here is that most of those who chose to purchase a ticket can hardly be able to pay for, hoping that one day they will win big, and clime the social ladder to places far above of mowing peoples lawns, for example. As a result it is best to figure out ones “expected winnings” before one even considers purchasing a ticket. To do so complete the following: (Amount you migh