Archive for the 'Jackpot!' Category
Why lotteries make me queasy, in a nutshell
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner October 24th, 2007 on Off the KuffI’ve expressed my ambivalence about state-sanctioned gambling before. On the one hand, I’ve got enough civil libertarian in me to…
Well, somebody likes those fifty-dollar lottery tickets
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner June 27th, 2007 on Off the KuffI’ll never understand it, but plenty of people are snapping up those fifty-dollar scratch-off Lottery tickets. For all the naysayers…
The Lottery: Still not a game for the rich
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner June 11th, 2007 on Off the KuffThe good news is that rich folks do seem to be buying those new fifty-dollar scratch-off Lottery tickets, as the…
One bourbon, one scotch, and one lottery ticket
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner May 12th, 2007 on Off the KuffYou know what I was thinking? I was thinking that what our great state’s watering holes really needed was the…
Remember Rick Perry’s grand idea to sell the Lottery? Perhaps you’ve forgotten, since the last I can recall hearing about…
There are things in this life whose appeal completely eludes me. Things like broccoli. Kenny Chesney. Fifty-dollar lottery tickets. That’s…
In February, the Chron printed a story about how the Lottery would continue to sell scratch-off games long past the…
Which races are they playing in?
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner January 1st, 1970 on Off the KuffThis is one of the more disturbing political stories I’ve seen lately, both for its lack of concrete information and…
Fifty-dollar scratch-off redux
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner January 1st, 1970 on Off the KuffYou may need to sit down for this one: Those fifty-dollar scratch-off games that the Texas Lottery pushes on the…
Lottery privatization still lurking out there
Closed Published by Charles Kuffner January 1st, 1970 on Off the KuffI thought the idea of privatizing the Lottery was pretty much dead after it went over with such a thud…