Thursday, November 7, 2013

Is playing the lottery an addiction?

Ethos: Imagining winning the lottery activates the 'motivation' part of the brain. This motivation causes a person to buy more lottery tickets. 
Pathos: This causes people to become more superstitious and believe that they can win. The lottery can cause your mind to get hooked on playing because brains can't cope with how little the chances are of winning it.  
Logos: The odds of winning the lottery are so complex that it confused people's brains. If you keep spending money of tickets that have the slimmest change of ever getting picked, you will slowly become more addicted and keep losing money which could potentially put you in debt which would then make you very upset. 

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