Description

A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of property by chance, among persons who have paid or promised to pay any valuable consideration for the chance of obtaining such property or a portion of it, or for any share or any interest in such property, upon any agreement, understanding, or expectation ...

When the Canadian government introduced Pro-Line, a sports betting lottery, it was just another sure way of getting nothing for something. Then a system I believed to be foolproof set the stage for an opportunity to turn one paycheck into enough money to retire on.