Sir, – Like many others, I have to play Lotto. Not because of a gambling addiction, but because of the devastation I’d feel if my numbers (family birthdays) came up.
A Lotto win represents hope, a chance to solve life’s financial challenges with one lucky spin of the drum. The price of maintaining the illusion of hope has recently gone up by 50 per cent with the addition of a third weekly draw. The cruellest tax of all. – Yours, etc,
BRIAN QUIGLEY,
Drumcondra,
RM Block
Dublin 9.
