&gt;There is clearly demand for this type of gambling, so the focus should be on providing it in a way that is not exploitative.<p>&gt;The government should get out of the lottery-for-profit business<p>&gt;Allow private businesses to offer lotteries and compete with each other<p>I&#x27;m sure banning government lotteries and replacing them with private ones would be great for society. I mean what could go wrong?