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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 31 Dec 2017

    Americans love buying lottery tickets. They spent more than $80 billion on them in 2016. That's more than they spent on movies, video games, music, sports tickets and books -- combined. Why aren't we paying more attention to this?

    2:08 PM - 31 Dec 2017 from Berkeley, CA
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      2. David Boughton‏ @David__Boughton 31 Dec 2017
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        That’s incredible. This s something that is overlooked. Source?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 31 Dec 2017
        Replying to @David__Boughton

        CNN reporting that today

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      2. smh  🧟‍♀️ 🧟‍♂️ 🧠‏ @smhumphreys 31 Dec 2017
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        I think Steinbeck put it best when he said that folks in the U.S think they are all just down-on-their-luck millionaires. A complete cultural shift is needed, such as new ways of thinking about game reward systems (how about gathering knowledge instead of in-game currency?)

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      3. Stuart E.W Smith‏ @clearlymrsmith Dec 31
        Replying to @smhumphreys @avantgame

        This is how 45 got elected not despite but because of his greed and vulgarity. We loathe him but want to be in his shoes. We will vote for his kind and against our own interest in hopes we will rise someday. Marx did not agree.

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      2. Jason Chrest‏ @MrVoodoo 31 Dec 2017
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        I’ll get a ticket every now and again - then spend the weekend fantasizing about where to move... zillowing houses in that area... going to car websites and building cars (reasonably priced - no Bugatti for me) ... that fantasy entertainment is worth a couple dollars to me

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      3. Rommel‏ @batuwarrior Dec 31
        Replying to @MrVoodoo @avantgame

        Occasionally, if it's an outrageous jackpot, I'll get a ticket and fantasize about being outrageously generous. It's kinda fun to indulge in that fantasy even though I know the odds are impossible, but that fantasy is worth a couple of bucks.

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      4. Jason Chrest‏ @MrVoodoo Dec 31
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        Absolutely agree - it’s fun to indulge in the fantasy, as long as you know that there really isn’t much of a chance and you don’t go dumping a lot of $ into it. I know I won’t win, but the time searching houses with the wife for a $2 ticket is as good as $50 movie tickets

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      2. Jean Leggett‏ @JeanLeggett 31 Dec 2017
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        Wow. That's a lot of hope and dreams. I think about folks who regularly spend $20-50/week on lotto and hope they get rich. Saved, over time, they'd be in a good position come retirement.

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      1. Stephen Schueller‏ @steveschueller Dec 31
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        This is an even more fascinating statistic if you think about it at the individual level. For some people lotto tickets is largest portion of 'entertainment' spending

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      1. Blaire Moskowitz‏ @BlaireMoskowitz 31 Dec 2017
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        @iamjohnoliver and @LastWeekTonight did a great (per usual) segment on this:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9PK-netuhHA …

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      2. Gates VP  💙  💜  💖  🏳️‍🌈‏ @gatesvp Dec 31
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        There's a certain mental depression involved with playing the lottery. To us rich people the math looks terrible. My odds of "getting rich" are way better than the odds of winning the lottery. For many kids, pro sports are a good deal, concussions and torn ACLs be damned. /1

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      3. Gates VP  💙  💜  💖  🏳️‍🌈‏ @gatesvp Dec 31
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        At some point, the odds get so bad that winning the lottery seems equally possible as all other methods. If you spend $5 a week for 20 years that's only $5k that's hardly the difference between "rich" and "poor". Sure it's a problem, but I think it's a mostly a symptom.

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      1. Moetse‏ @RasMuchi Jan 22
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      1. Aditya Gopal Ganguly‏ @gopcruise Dec 31
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        That's availablity bias at work. Lottery companies heavily promote the winners while no one mentions the people who didn't win a bean creating an illusion that they can win big too.

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      1. Ben Dickens‏ @bmd101 Dec 31
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        America was built on the lottery! But literally, the colonies used lotteries to raise money back in the 1700s. Britain even chastised us for the practice. (See Ben Franklin autobio)

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      1. Rob AlvarezBucholska‏ @RobAlvarezB Dec 31
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        Wow, had never heard of this! Will certainly look into it. Have always heard that as a society we tend to look more towards lottery during crisis. What's your take on that?

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      1. jwindz‏ @jwindz Dec 31
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        Maybe we don't want everyone to realize their chances of winning are zero. 0.0000000000....

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      1. Tom Brew Jr.‏ @TomBrewJr 31 Dec 2017
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        I bet it’s higher in 2017. What’s the new total?

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      1. John Kosic‏ @bikespoke 31 Dec 2017
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        Have a Happy New Year!

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