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...odds are so high, and [the Powerball administrators] immediately take 50 [cents] of the dollar off the top. If you're at the horse races, they take about 15[cents] of the dollar before returning the rest of the money to the public. The casinos take something like a nickel or a dime, depending on the game. So lotteries are pretty grim from a statistical point of view. They have massive prizes because they have lots and lots of losers...
...Route 431 in northern Alabama, drive into the center square in the little town of Albertville, and you'll know the full passion of American industriousness and hometown pride. There, perched nobly atop a sleek granite platform and gleaming under a stubborn sun that hogs the sky, is a nickel-plated fire hydrant...
...That was the crucial philosophical point in the university's case, that schools need to be in charge of their own programs," Nickel said...
According to Nickel, one of the strengths of the agreement is that it preserves a university's autonomy to implement Title IX in whatever way it sees...
...Nickel also praised how the agreement clearly spells out what Title IX means when it says the percentage of women athletes must be "substantially proportionate" to the percentage of women in the student body...