Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from oth

Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states.They wanted to buy lottery tickets (彩票).The tickets cost only $ 0.9 each.But that small spending could bring them a reward of $ 90 million .That was the second largest lottery jackpot (积累奖金) in history .
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing.Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80．The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million,but that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales.In the last few days before the drawing ,tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second .
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action .Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people.It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have.
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized (合法化的) gambling .Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets.There are also many addicts who take the game seriously.They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets.Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit.
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to come from new taxes.The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens.But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice (恶习),under the name of social progress .No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not,you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans.

成千上万的人从其他州涌入宾夕法尼亚,他们想买彩票.每张彩票仅价值0.9美元,但如此小的投入却会带给他们9千万美元的回报.这是史上第二多的积累奖金.
宾夕法尼亚抽奖处售出了8千7百万彩票,买彩票的人需要在1-80中选择7个数字,得奖的几率是1/9,600,000.但这样的小几率显然没有影响彩票的销售,在开奖前几天,彩票售出的速度达到了令人难以置信的500张每秒.
专家表示许多人买彩票只是为了沾点便宜,也有人说彩票是穷人的股市,能让他们对于可能永远得不到的财富抱点幻想.
但许多人相信彩票不过是合法化的赌博,一些评论家称大多数玩彩票的人穷得买不起机票（这个ticket我不确定是机票还是彩票……）,还有许多人对这个游戏太过当真而买上了瘾.他们可能会把毕生积蓄都搭在彩票上.一些俱乐部甚至组织起来帮助他们摆脱买彩票的习惯.
政治家喜欢彩票,因为彩票为他们提供金钱,否则钱只能来自新的税种.彩票的盈利通常用来为教育或老年人买单.但评论家称这种安排只是国家在社会进步的名义下,合法化这种恶习.无论你是否认同这种国家彩票,你都不能拒绝接受它在许多美国人中极度流行的事实.
——可能不是那么逐字对应的翻译,但是大意就是这样.