Today’s Lesson

 

1. They should have a slogan like: “Helping to keep the ignorant in their place.” or “Even if you lose we’ll still feed ya!”

   Posted by Fine Old Cannibal       10/18/2005  at  09:52 AM  



2. A local radio jock (Howie Carr) refers to the state lottery as a “voluntary tax on the ignorant” Kinda agrees with .2

   “still feed ya....” to the gators and the snakes…

   Posted by Rat Patrol       10/18/2005  at  12:26 PM  



3. The lottery a tax on people who are poor at math and know nothing about probabilites, You have a better chance of getting stuck by lightning indoors when there is not a cloud in the sky than winning the lottery.

   Posted by Paul "No Fear" Weir       10/18/2005  at  12:38 PM  



4. Or a better chance of getting envenomated by an extinct serpent than winning the lottery.

   Posted by Rat Patrol       10/18/2005  at  01:00 PM  



5. The big jackpots is what draws all the people who “never play the lotto”. When they see something north of 100 million they change their minds and take a flier.

   I like gambling but I have a few rules for myself: Take only what I can afford to lose. Make sure I have a way home and NEVER take a credit card.

   I’ve seen the “fever” hit people and it ain’t pretty. Went with a friend once and she started on the quarter slots. By the time we were leaving she was bunging her last $100 bill into a $25 slot machine. I mean, who would want to go home with any money?

   Posted by StinKerr       10/20/2005  at  05:50 AM  



6. EBay’s profit soars, but stock declines 5.7%

   Online trading company eBay on Wednesday reported another strong quarter, with profit surging 40 percent, but investors worried about its outlook for future quarters and drove down its stock in after-hours trading.

   Remember my post about how market prices move in the direction of change in expectations?

   Posted by Oink       10/20/2005  at  10:04 AM  

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