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Message: [QUOTE="Echo Hawk, post: 4860633, member: 1301"] Yes. But I would add the old aphorism, "A fool and his money are soon separated". As to lotteries, they are a cynical regressive tax on the stupid. Same with casinos. The flood gates on gambling opened with the NH lottery back around 1970. Connecticut was soon after with a $5000 weekly prize. You can literally bet on anything anytime now. Most people don't understand risk or how to underwrite it. And people don't just risk their money , they gamble with their lives all the time. A male who doesn't get a colonoscopy at age 50. A PSA. Women who forgo Pap smears, breast exams. Taking risky chances is in our DNA. Understanding it is not. So beware. [/QUOTE]