Forty-one states plus the district of columbia have lotteries .

全国41个周和哥伦比亚地区有彩票业务。

No one can deny that people love lotteries .

没有人能否认，人们喜欢彩票。

And yet lotteries have been perhaps the most enduring form of gambling .

然后彩票恐怕是所有博彩项目中最持久的一项了。

And if lotteries are a tax , they suffer from being regressive .

如果彩票真是税收的话，它将不会有光明的前景。

Beijing is also grappling with a paradox that affects other countries with large lotteries .

彩票业规模庞大的国家通常会遇到一个悖论，中国也不例外。