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[rupert bare] 22/6/2003 08:37

Sunday Mail exclusive:

"Lotto money goes to fund nut house, turn to page 17"
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It's a bloody disgrace if you ask me.

Rabbit

[zuke.] 15/3/2003 23:58

lADY Britain , and yes , it is a disgrace , but it needn't be !!
The money , raised in England , by people who , for their own reasons , have a flutter , and why not ,would like to see their money spent on good causes , not given to Bleedin Asylum seekers !!
If you dont wana play , , play ,,if not dont !!
If you do though , remember , the idea is for some of "your " cash is bound for a worthy cause !!

[cortez] 15/3/2003 23:46

Lottery? A tax on idiots who choose to pay it.
As for the way they use the dosh........the sales say it all.
Unelected, unknown (name one!) people sit on the commitee, all 'well connected' with nothing better to do than give away mugs' money and get well paid for their trouble.

It's a disgrace and allways has been.

[joeycooper] 03/11/2002 15:37

It helps to keep 'has been comics' in the way that they have become accustomed.

[zuke.] 26/10/2002 12:11

Smoke trader: Can't argue with that!!Another example of a Crackpot cause or idea even,,what the hell was it supposed to be???

[rheiner] 24/10/2002 23:48

Pick your numbers, buy your ticket and if you lived for a million years you still couldn't be sure of winning. It's a mugs' game.

[smoketrader] 24/10/2002 23:32

LOL
I don't know, perhaps they need bee-keepers in Uganda.

I think this picture says a thousand words - or roughly one word for every £800 of lottery money wasted on it.

[zuke.] 24/10/2002 23:06

Fair enough,,but for the people who do play , and therefore contribute to the fund allocated to good causes,,,don't you think,,in that case,,the money is going to crackpot causes,,,Christ,,,this is hard work!!!!!!!

[smoketrader] 24/10/2002 22:50

I just wish I didn't have to pay it. With the lottery though I have a choice - I don't.

[zuke.] 24/10/2002 21:02

The lottery money,,that is ours,is a form of tax,,do you care where you tax goes then??

[smoketrader] 24/10/2002 20:33

I just find it amusing that people still consider it "their" money. I don't really see that it is. Taxes, yes, you're forced to pay them so you should have a say where they go but no-one is forced to buy a lottery ticket - they do it for their own personal gain.

I don't care where the money goes because I don't play it!

[zuke.] 24/10/2002 20:22

SmokeTrader; Peolpe "DON'T" like where "THEIR" money is being spent ,that is why
the lottery is £500,000 down every week!!
When it started people were told that a percentage would go to good cause,,
Are you telling me you are happy with where the money is being spent,,??
If you look back on "previous" I have listed a few!!

[smoketrader] 24/10/2002 20:11

If people don't like where the money is being spent they shouldn't play the lottery. At the end of the day after the draw's been done it's no longer your money. The way I see it, you bought something for your quid - the chance to win millions of pounds, otherwise you could just give the money straight to a charity of your choice. When you lose you shouldn't moan about where it goes IMHO.

[zuke.] 23/10/2002 20:18

In the news " again " today,,more lottery money given away to more "crack-pot "
causes!!We should vote with our feet,,or rather, pound ,,and blank it for a week or so untill they get rid of the "PC PLONKERS " doling out our money to crack-pot causes!!!

[zuke.] 21/10/2002 22:51

No doubt more news tomorrow!!
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[the bearer] 21/10/2002 20:27

Just another "hidden" charitable cause dumped on us Brits.Our Social Security must be on all school syllabus in every African Country and possibly Worldwide no doubt!!!!
Keep digging deep chaps and chapesses.

[zuke.] 21/10/2002 19:39

I wonder how many tickets these people buy???????????

[zuke.] 21/10/2002 17:25

Here are a couple of the "worthy" causes the lottery comission have given our money to,,,some real crackers here !!

£500,000; To stage theatre workshops in Brazillian jails,

£340,000; to promote womens rights ,,,,in Central America !!

£180,000; To teach women factory workers and garment subcontracting,,
in,,,"BANGLADESH!!!"
But this one has got to be my favourite!
£80,000; To train Ugandan orphan in BEE-KEEPING !! And to buy honey
processing equiptment!!!!!!

One bloke,,a Mr Treibus look-alike ,called John "O",,who heads the
NCADC,,Nation Coalition of Anti Deportation Campaigners,,,boasts
of having helped more than 100 people resist being thrown out of
the country!!
His NCADC,,GOT £300,000,,with another £340,000 on the way!!!
Nice to know our money is being ,,,well,,,,spent !!

[kingfish] 21/10/2002 00:49

It is refreshing to hear that some of the absurd Lottery grants given by the Community Fund,such as £340,000 to those trying to prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants,have led to many people boycotting the National Lottery.This fund is clearly out of control,and until its chairman Lady Brittan,and chief executive Richard Buxton are replaced by sensible people,no one in their right mind should buy another Lottery ticket.To do so is simply to spray money around all sorts of lunatic,destructive causes that none of us would ever normally dream of supporting.
PS,The Daily Mail,a great read for the patriot..

[zuke.] 21/10/2002 00:25

We are off on another subject here,,what I wanted to know was if anybody,,,who might of read the Mail last week,,,read about the mis-spent lottery money?
And did they agree/disagree with the lotterys'commission BIZARRE donations of our money to,,what the mail described as " Anti British " causes.