In one “blighted neighborhood” of Chicago, the Illinois Lottery put up a billboard with the slogan, “This could be your ticket out.”

This is so disgusting and antithetical to what the role of government is supposed to be... How does anyone seriously think that putting up a sign like that is anything but predatory and manipulative?

"Let's help the poor and disadvantaged feel better about themselves by manipulating them into (not so) willingly throwing away the money they need on a fool's errand." Sickening.