Skip, I love ya' man, but are you telling me people actually say, "Well I believe today I would like to contribute to a charitable cause. Isn't it wonderful that I might win a bit of money as a bonus?"

C'mon Skip......Gimmee a break here........Maybe y'all are a lot different than we are over here in the great unwashed United States, but I can assure you that 99 out of every 100 rednecks in line to buy lottery tickets on payday are thinking, "Dear God bring me some luck 'cause the Powerball this week is 427 million clams!"

In this state the lottery goes for mainly education and it does. The law that passed it into effect states that. But I can guarantee that when they passed that bill people around the Buckeye State were mainly thinking, "HOT SHIT!!! I'm gonna' win a gazillion bucks!!!"

I don't play because a substantial portion of our taxes are already well and truly misspent by those in the educational system. More to the point, I also figure my chances of winning are exactly the same whether I play or not.

Spaw