Lottery funds plundered by the Government

[Loosehead]

What do you make of the news that the Governement seems to be using the good cause money to pay for things that should come out of normal government income? The idea of the good causes are that they should be things that would not otherwise receive funding. Is this just another example of the pure cynicism of this stealth taxing governement? Are the good cause distributors equally guilty for allowing this to happen? Puruvian Guinea pig farmers must be furious!

[youngmafbog]

Absolutley no surprise to me. Brown wont stop till he has the shirt off your back.

Its far easier to take lottery money than improve services by efficiency, that takes a real person, can't think of any labour person with the b*lls to do it apart from Mr Blunkett.

[flashpig]

I don't care.

I only play the lottery occasionally, and when I do I still have the chance of winning a few million, despite Camelot and the government taking their cut.

I think you've missed the reason why most people play the lottery, it's not to give money to 'good causes', it's to win money. If you wanted to give money to a good cause you could just mail your pound to whatever organisation or person you feel needs it most. The Conservative Party maybe.

Anyway, what is a good cause? I don't see the government as a particularly bad cause. I can think of worse. I just hope they spend some of their plundered loot on treating gambling addictions.

[OBonio]

It's just another form of taxation. With a large rebate if you're lucky.

And let's not kid ourselves. ANY government would have done the same thing.

[Lonnie]

flashpig has hit the nail on the head, no-one plays to give to good causes, there's only one reason to play, and thats to win, no other reason.

[Andy Boz]

Makes no difference where the money comes from, good caauses or tax. Either way its Joe Public giving the money to HM Govt. What annoys me about these things is the definition of a good cause.