Stop the world, I want to get off

Stop the world, I want to get off! Look, it’s getting to a point where someone has to say enough is enough.
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Wed, January 31st, 2007

In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.

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