Lotteries are frequently sold as a way both to raise revenues for state governments and, at
the same time, potentially terminates illegal numbers games. Many states seeing lottery money
as “painless taxation” believe that the lottery is now “the predominant new revenue source for
state government,” according to the National Conference of State Legislators. These states
also make the rather tortured argument that “people are going to gamble anyway, so better for
the state to get the money than organized crime.” This claim is money-grubbing in disguise.
As Nelson Rose, professor of law at Whittier College, notes: “If making money is the goal,
why doesn’t the state own restaurants, or open its own brothel?”
【題組】39. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the state government to rationalize lottery
business?
(A) Lotteries are being sold to increase the state’s tax income.
(B) People are bound to gamble, so it’s better to have the state manage it than to leave it to the
hands of crime organizations.
(C) State governments legalize lottery business for those who wish to purchase a hope of
getting rich.
(D) State governments intend to divert funds from illegal operations and channel this revenue
into state treasury.
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