n.
A culture in which low-percentage money-making schemes — such as high-tech stocks, day trading, lotteries, and domain name speculation — become mainstream investment vehicles.
Example Citation:
"For only the second time in my life, I feel — I just know — I can be rich, too. We are programmed from birth to believe this. If we forget it from time to time, there's a whole casino culture out there to remind us — Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Wall Street, TV commercials, lotteries."
—Paul Farhi, "The Fortunate 500," The Washington Post, February 28, 1999
—Paul Farhi, "The Fortunate 500," The Washington Post, February 28, 1999
Notes:
A nod to subscriber Randall Stebbins for suggesting today's Word Spy.
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eye culture
investment pornography
jackpot justice
lottery mentality
racino
trading coach
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