Paul's weakness was that he was influenced easily. When Bassett brought Paul to the race course, he was hooked immediately. Paul always heard "whispers" in the house saying that there was not enough money. The parents also mentioned it several times in Paul's presence. Hence, Paul felt that in order for the family to have more money, he had to earn it, which was impossible as he was still too young. I feel that Paul was both lucky and unlucky in a way. Whining about your losses is not a happy thing as it makes life miserable, not letting you enjoy life. He was also unlucky but not in relation to gambling. He lost the chance to see the world and enjoy life.
In my opinion, tips means the good things that happened while gambling, in the case of Paper, was the drastic climb of the shares. The shares shot rocket-high. The dry lips refers to the mother trying to persuade her children not to keeping playing with the stocks, but they didn't listen. The statement "and all that was spent in vain" refers to Tay Soon buying up all the shares which eventually was wasted as the shares dropped quickly.
In Lottery, the "blind man" is Ah Boh's mother. She could have spent her money on her mother, buying her food, getting her a comfortable place to live in. However, she spent her money on gambling, leaving her with no more money. The one-dollar refers to her salary.
Based on The Rocking Horse Winner, Tom Beatty, The Green Clothes & One-Dollar Gambler
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