Lot of mug punters

THE lottery? It’s a mug’s game. Every week, millions of people throughout Europe make suckers of themselves by playing the lottery.

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd Jul 2011, 07:00 BST

No rational person plays the lottery, simply because the chances of winning any worthwhile sum are so remote.

Not only is the lottery irrational; it’s also thoroughly evil. Can anyone in their right mind say last week’s win of £166million for just two people is a good or desirable thing?

Clearly, those who buy lottery tickets must enjoy making other people grotesquely rich, while at the same time impoverishing themselves! Don’t be a sucker. Spend that lottery money on something sensible.

I. Fox

Riverside

Rope Walk

Littlehampton

Europe