Although the MI Lottery commission is a major contributor to the Michigan state school aide fund for K-12 student in the state of Michigan, there are still some people who believe that too much, is not enough. Such is the case of the lottery winner who continued to receive her monthly food stamp awards of two-hundred dollars after she was confirmed as a millionaire lottery winner. But we all have to admit that we’ve made detailed plans about what we will do with our money and which creditor we’re going to pay off first, which ones will wait, and who you’re going to give money to as well. But we have to question her motives in adding two-hundred dollars to a million dollars. The equation just doesn’t add up!

Most of us can think of a million things to do with a million dollars and still maintain some left-overs of your winnings. That is…if you are someone that can maneuver those million things and simultaneously budget that million dollars with fluidity! But oddly enough, there is a portion of the population that will shy away from Games of Chance. Even though they, themselves, have had that same dream of hitting it big. I would doubt that those lottery players would have moved in the same direction as Amanda Clayton, who was actually found dead on October 1, 2012 of this year with no conclusive evidence of the cause of death, however. But the paradox to this story as it relates to the Michigan Lottery Commission is that this lottery program offers a two-fold advantage to the people that play the lottery in that state. This commission uses proceeds to fund K-12 school programs. And you can bet that this state lottery commission is not just pocketing the monies they receive from lottery players.

Other commissions like the CA Lott and the Connecticut Lottery are also involved in these programs as well but never has there been a case as un-orthodox as the Amanda Clayton case publicized. And in the minds of some people near the Bible-Belt, it has become almost “Taboo” to relent to playing games of chance just because of reasons like that of the Amanda Clayton case. Some Christians even believe that it is sinful to play the lotto. But whether it is a sin or not, everyone will admit that exchanging one dollar for one million dollars could be a very good thing. And there is no legal precedence noted or any definitive studies that prove the lottery or indulging in a game of chance is morally wrong. So take a chance on a lifetime! “You can’t win if you don’t play, but you can’t lose if you don’t play either!”