The Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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中文导读
John Oliver 在《上周今夜秀》（Last Week Tonight）中起底美国各州彩票运作机制，揭示“彩票收入资助教育”纯属遮眼法：由于资金的可替代性，原有财政预算往往被抽走挪至常规支出，教育经费实际上并未真正增加。
为什么 HN 推它
HN 上讨论彩票经济学时的必甩链接，一针见血地撕开了“彩票专款专项反哺教育”的财务魔术。
「这期视频非常值得一看。」HN 网友原话：this video is worth watching.
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on state lotteries. It argues that the claim that lotteries fund education is misleading, because the money is fungible and often diverted to general funds.
Go-to reference in lottery threads for the point that earmarked lottery revenue does not really add to school funding.
HN 上的提及
What do you think about state organized lotteries then?
John Oliver just did a good segment about this too
This John Oliver segment about it is pretty interesting
Lotteries are generally a corrupt enterprise to begin with
there's strong evidence that lottery fees are supposed to go to charity but get put in general state funds instead