A democratic socialist government in the United States , in Rhode Island , would abolished all state lotteries and POWERBALL with no pay out to past winners .

A democratic socialist government in the United States , in Rhode Island , would abolished all state lotteries and POWERBALL with no pay out to past winners . Before Karl Marx's " Das Kapital " ( where he explains the labor theory of value and the capitalist exploitation of the working class ) my views on gambling were shaped by that Twilight Zone episode " The Fever ". Like the 1929 Stock Market Crash Panic it leads to mad acts like falling out of high up from the street windows : " Franklin ! Franklin ! " A famous French poet describes the gambling fever in a poem titled " Flowers of Evil ". 30 years of Powerball: $48B in prizes won since game launched YOUTUBE.COM 30 years of Powerball: $48B in prizes won since game launched