It's not a surprise that there are some who think having the lottery is a bad thing. Espceially when you've ostracized all the other gambling citizens by calling them "criminals". But, oh wait, if you gamble and the government gets the money, that's not a bad thing. It was pure idiotic to outlaw one form of gambling and have the local authorities act like mob enforcers against those who play video poker, while accepting gambling funds from a state lottery. Gambling is either wrong or it's not. No intelligent government entity can have it both ways and not be seen as corrupt in some fashion. Andrew