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Should People On Benefits Do The Lottery?
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An interesting/depressing (choose your own adjective) story here
http:// www.the answerb ank.co. uk/News /Questi on14672 33.html
leads me to a more general question :
Why should anyone on benefits bother with the lottery?
Presumably very small wins (perhaps up to £100?) would be ignored, but after that it appears that your benefits would be reduced/stopped until your winnings are deemed to be used up? Then you'd have the pain of making a new claim and starting again.
Note that I said 'deemed to be' - blowing the lot very quickly would seem not to be an option.
As Ellipsis said on the other thread - "They had a nice life, supported by benefits. Then they were unlucky enough to win the lottery. As a result, it's all gone pear-shaped for them - they would have been better off not winning!"
So should they be told "don't bother playing"?
[ perhaps we can stick to general points here - the specific case is still being discussed on the thread linked above ]
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leads me to a more general question :
Why should anyone on benefits bother with the lottery?
Presumably very small wins (perhaps up to £100?) would be ignored, but after that it appears that your benefits would be reduced/stopped until your winnings are deemed to be used up? Then you'd have the pain of making a new claim and starting again.
Note that I said 'deemed to be' - blowing the lot very quickly would seem not to be an option.
As Ellipsis said on the other thread - "They had a nice life, supported by benefits. Then they were unlucky enough to win the lottery. As a result, it's all gone pear-shaped for them - they would have been better off not winning!"
So should they be told "don't bother playing"?
[ perhaps we can stick to general points here - the specific case is still being discussed on the thread linked above ]
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The question that should really be asked is should people on benefits be provided with so much money that they are able to do the lottery?
Why should taxpayers provide money for other people to gamble? Payments should only be made to cover rent, energy, wtaer food and (non-alcoholic) drink (my list is not exhaustive, but you get the idea).
Why should taxpayers provide money for other people to gamble?
Why should taxpayers provide money for other people to gamble? Payments should only be made to cover rent, energy, wtaer food and (non-alcoholic) drink (my list is not exhaustive, but you get the idea).
Why should taxpayers provide money for other people to gamble?