Monthly Archives: February 2008

Can you afford to play?

By Doug McCaughan | Published: February 11, 2008
Lotteries resemble the United States tax system. They reward the rich and punish the poor. A lottery is a gamble. An adage to live by is "don’t gamble until you have money to lose." If the money you put into the lottery would have better served you by buying food or gas or paying the [...]
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Holding a winning ticket

By Doug McCaughan | Published: February 8, 2008
Have you ever wanted your ticket to win so badly that you were afraid to look at the results? I am holding 3 Powerball tickets because I know one of them is a winner. See, according to quantum physics, something unobserved is in all possible states. That means, my 3 tickets have won the Powerball! [...]
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