Penny stocks a good substitute for the lottery

Guess who plays the lottery disproportionately? Poor people. Guess who buys the riskiest stocks with the lowest returns (particularly penny stocks)? Also poor people. Interesting academic paper here (pdf). People are also more likely to purchase volatile penny stocks in an economic downturn.

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