Word: jackpots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lion. Famous to serious theatergoers for more than 50 years, the reserved, sometimes frosty-appearing Gielgud has, in his 70s, suddenly assumed a new role-that of Major Movie Star. "Isn't it amazing?" he exclaims, as surprised and delighted as anyone else who has suddenly hit the jackpot. "It's the most extraordinary piece of luck...
...odds were a stupefying 2 million to 1, but even that chance at the $8.8 million jackpot, the largest in North American history, was too good to pass up. So three weeks ago, Nicholas Jorich, 59, plunked down $20 of his savings for 20 Pennsylvania lottery tickets...
...Chrysler jackpot...
...government has called the games "a dangerous diversion" for young people and for those with modest incomes. Frequent players, who can hope to win illegal jackpots of more than $2,500, include immigrant workers from Algeria or Portugal and residents of the poorer sections of France's major cities. Most of those people have no wish to break their habit, which costs many $15 a day or more. Says one jackpot junkie: "You'd better believe I like playing. You don't need friends, and you don't have to worry about being lied...
...just an isolated incident. But maybe it wasn't. Maybe all of us who were raised on TV and professional sports are going to see elections as we see sporting events or--more to the point--game shows. Maybe by '88 or '92 we'll be watching "Senatorial Jackpot" or "Congressional Feud." Maybe if we can win a few bucks, the apathetic generations of the '70s and '80s will pay a little attention to who is making the decisions about life and death and war and taxes in this country...