At 12:04 PM -0700 5/27/97, Tim May wrote:
(And the lotteries have incredibly bad payoff odds...something like 30-40%, if I remember correctly. A slot machine with these odds would be shut down instantaneously as being a theft device! The state lotteries are often called "taxes on stupidity," and none of the well-off folks I know ever play this sucker's game. So, I should be rejoicing that Ma and Pa Kettle are squandering their paychecks on State-run gambling...but the principle is the thing I object to.)
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