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Rip Snorter — Sun, 14 May 2006 02:33:30 GMT

A couple of generations ago gas stations, truck stops and rural eateries frequently had the moral equivalent of scratchers stashed behind the counter somewhere. They called them punch cards. A place might cost a dime or quarter, and a person might win a buck, a double-sawbuck.

A cadre of guys went around the country selling them to the gas station owners, storekeepers, hash-slingers, who'd make a profit, as would whomever the drummers were (route guys, sort of) who sold them.

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Rip Snorter — Sun, 14 May 2006 02:13:11 GMT

No.

But I'll agree one of the ways a person could become incredibly wealthy would be through operating a private lottery and not getting thrown in the slammer for his trouble.

Jack

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Badger — Sun, 14 May 2006 01:43:26 GMT

If I had that kind of cash, why would I lobby for private lotteries...unless I was the one that was going to own and run it

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pumpi76 — Sun, 14 May 2006 01:35:22 GMT

Guys, with the topic of private lotteries been illegal, i will like to add the following. If you had the cash will you lobby lawmakers in the U.S into passing a law or amending the law so that private lotteries that compete with the state can become legal in the U.S..Will you do it if you had serious cash, I mean incredibly wealthy? I would perhaps not here in the States but abroad...

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