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minus-squareCurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoThe idea that 70% of lottery winners lose all their winnings isn’t true. It’s based on a fake statistic. The news loves to highlight the cases where that’s true because it reinforces the cultural notion that wealth is tied to morality. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/belief-in-a-lottery-curse-is-comforting-but-winning-lots-of-money-does-make-you-happy
The idea that 70% of lottery winners lose all their winnings isn’t true. It’s based on a fake statistic.
The news loves to highlight the cases where that’s true because it reinforces the cultural notion that wealth is tied to morality.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/21/belief-in-a-lottery-curse-is-comforting-but-winning-lots-of-money-does-make-you-happy