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Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet, you can't win. -Lazarus Long
Old Laz there must've worked for the *house*. That is their line. There is even a commercial here about folks who only buy lottery tickets when there is big money at stake, their contention is, well you *might* win a *small* fortune and that would be a good investment ... but it isn't. I forget what the actuarial guy said but it's about as much chance of being directly hit by lightning in a place where lightning only hits every 10,000 years. The stock market is a better bet no matter if it's up or down. -- j -- nemo me impune lacessit