Comments on: So that's what happened to the water and electricity money!

By: woman from the south

woman from the south — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:38:57 +0000

Gambling is an addiction. Most people beyond the poverty line never play the lotto or super five. Only the addicts do.

By: Karl Flores

Karl Flores — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:34:11 +0000

You’re always a loser when gambling.

If you win, you are encouraged to take another chance, hoping you’d add more. At the same time that you risk gambling the money you won, you keep on playing because it seems to you as though you can afford to lose what came for free.

And you keep on losing and gambling until the end, hoping you’ll recoup what you’ve lost until you realize you haven’t a penny more. Then you are depressed and only God knows what’s next.

By: red nose

red nose — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:12:10 +0000

Go and look at the bingo halls.

By: Josephine

Josephine — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:43:20 +0000

It is not unheard of for people seemingly on the poverty line to spend around 175 Euros in one go on lottery tickets.

By: ciccio2010

ciccio2010 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:10:13 +0000

Daphne, it is also what happened to the steak money.
Not even pizza this week.
Just pastizzi jew imqaret.

By: Joseph A Borg

Joseph A Borg — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:15:42 +0000

Lotteries are a problem as the poor find them irresistible. It’s the same for anybody who finds him/herself in a panic situation: many try to gamble their way out of the situation no matter what the class they come from.

I’m for drug legalisation, and gambling legalisation but I know they’re a big problem that needs structural changes in society to reduce their negative influence.

By: Antoine Vella

Antoine Vella — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:03:46 +0000

I wonder who reported the drop in business.