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Lottery Summary
907 words, approx. 3 pages Observe the cash register line at any state lottery agent the days before an unusually large jackpot, and you will get some idea of the popularity of this form of government fundraising. Some call it a state-sponsored vice, and others believe it is a...
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Lotteries : Contemporary Chinese Culture
251 words, approx. 1 pages (caijuan, caipiao) Playing the lottery (caijuan/caipiao) is a popular recreational activity in contemporary China. Lottery selling has become a multi-billion dollar business in recent years: $6 billion were generated through selling paper tickets in...
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Lottery : Economics Topics
224 words, approx. 1 pages A game of chance to obtain prizes funded by the sale of tickets; a set of pay-offs each with its own probability In Italian ‘lotto’ means destiny or fate. Lotteries are as ancient as Moses’ in the Book of Numbers, chapter 26, and...
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Lottery Information
5,996 words, approx. 20 pages
 A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. Some governments outlaw it, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by...




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 The Washington Post
The Lottery
10/21/1987: 694 words, approx. 2 pages One New Yorker pulled totally out of the stock market a month ago, thus reaping a $200 million profit and avoiding this week's Wall Street disaster. Another New Yorker lost millions-perhaps including some of his own-when the bottom dropped out of the Dow. ...
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Adwatch: A lottery of lotteries
02/01/1997: 533 words, approx. 2 pages "It's Winsday", Camelot's new campaign triumphantly declares. The National Lottery operator is spending pounds 8 million to persuade us to play its new mid-week lottery draw. Success, however, may not be easily bought: Camelot must combat not only the growing number other ways to...
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Gov. proposes selling Texas lottery
2/6/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday proposed selling the state lottery for at least $14 billion to create an endowment for Texans without health insurance and a trust fund for cancer research.That money could be used to form a $2.7 billion endowment for the uninsured and...
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Spain Christmas lottery winners rejoice
12/23/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages Winners of Spain's Christmas lottery celebrated Saturday by drinking toasts and singing songs after thousands took a share of the $3.1 billion in prizes.Up to 1,850 tickets carry the winning number — 06381 — with each holder receiving $430,000. The winning tickets were sold in...



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