The back of the “1,000 Frenzy” lottery
ticket noted that your odds of winning $20 are one in 7.5. But the ticket costs
$20, so by spending a mere $160, you may well win 20 bucks.
However, the seven two-digit
numbers on this particular “Frenzy” matched none of the 25 two-digit “winning”
numbers. So the disgusted buyer tossed it down on the road in the park, where
the dog and I found it today.
Odd how quickly, in America, things “Stuffed
With $1,000 Prizes” become litter.
All of which suggests a new advertising
slogan for the Illinois Lottery. Something along the lines of “You Hope and
Pray; We Prey on Hope.”
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