January 29, 2008
Good Lottery Numbers
The lottery is a tax on stupidity, since the expected value of a ticket is so low. So I don’t imagine many readers of this blog buy lottery tickets.
But if you are betting, may I suggest these numbers: 84, 60, 53, 51, 43, 36 and 32.
Those would be Bush’s poll ratings around the time of each State of the Union address.
Posted by Michael : January 29, 2008 12:00 AM | Politics: US | TechnoLinks
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I prefer to think of the lottery as a tax on hope, given that lottery ticket purchases tend to concentrate in poor and working class neighborhoods.
Posted by: paperwight at January 29, 2008 10:19 AMLotto numbers in FL do not go that high.
It would have to be Power Ball to have numbers in that range.
Did anyone actually watch Bush? I sort of vaguely watched him miming on mute out of the corner of my eye for 3 seconds. The idea of listening to that Bushian drawl dishing the usual BS was too much to stomach.
Posted by: rory_and_me at January 29, 2008 01:26 PMI don't think lotteries anywhere on this planet include 84 as a possible number. I quit smoking cigarettes in 1978 when cigarettes cost 65 cents a pack, and I drink only an occasional beer. Therefore, I can buy an occasional lottery ticket without stress. However, I do have a bad book habit (thank god for public libraries).
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