Millions of people are playing the billion dollar lottery, hoping to win. Research reveals that playing the lottery is a futile exercise in despair, that is milking the poor and the needy who find comfort in the slightest glimmer of financial reward in times of economic uncertainty. As the odds get stacked up against the economically underprivileged, then they rise up and show their true colors by going for broke and demanding a shot at the dream of having wealth. The majority of state lotteries around the U.S. drain the resources of the very poor, people who are in need of social and economic benefits.These people get exploited through various psychological tricks into believing that they could one day win the lottery and have their wishes come true. Winning numbers Salon reports: Here are a few examples of what the odds of winning Powerball actually represent: The odds of a Powerball ticket winning the grand prize are about three times worse than the odds of successfully contacting Kim Kardashian by dialing a random cellphone number, and then hoping her phone happens to ring (There are just over 300 million mobile phones in use in the U.S., and Kim says she currently [...]