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...odds are not good, but anyone surviving this semester's several lotteries may land a veritable jackpot...
Described somewhat unimaginatively on the back of the video-casette box as "an erotic tale of forbidden love" (jackpot!), this lush film got much praise when it debuted a few years ago. Poor Tita and Pedro--so in love, but kept apart by a cruel tradition which stipulates that Tita must remain single and serve her family. A solution seems to present itself when Pedro marries her older sister and Tita serves as their cook--the sexual tension is thicker than flan and a lot hotter...
When Stephen Bollenbach left the top financial job at the Walt Disney Co. to run the Hilton Hotel Corp. in February, he vowed to make Hilton a leader of the $20 billion U.S. gaming industry. Bollenbach hit the jackpot with just one roll of the dice last week, when Hilton agreed to acquire Bally Entertainment in a $2 billion stock swap that creates the world's largest casino company. "Big guys win in any consolidating industry," Bollenbach says...
...report of protests against gambling [NATION, April 1] hit the jackpot! Fast-paced, highly addictive casino-type gambling is being pushed onto citizens by the industry and certain political officials across America. Thanks to leaders like activist Thomas Grey, efforts to legalize casinos, riverboats or slots at tracks are being thwarted. The coalition to block gambling extends to many business groups that understand that the discretionary dollar goes only so far. As people spend their money on new gambling games, they are less likely to go to restaurants and movies. CHRISTOPHER J. MCCABE, State Senator Annapolis, Maryland...
Also, the odds of winning are continually grossly misrepresented: One state lottery advertisement stated the "odds of winning" at one in 350, when they really were one in 13 million, ignoring the difference between winning one dollar and winning the jackpot. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) frequently prosecutes private organizations that perpetuate such fictions, yet it has never challenged any state government on such grounds. Even if the FTC does not feel justified in attacking these government practices, should not the government be above this...