Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utcs!lsuc!jimomura From: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Re: Lotteries Message-ID: <706@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 00:05:03 EDT Article-I.D.: lsuc.706 Posted: Fri Jul 12 00:05:03 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 01:33:16 EDT References: <1121@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1110@mnetor.UUCP> <695@lsuc.UUCP> <1218@mnetor.UUCP> <702@lsuc.UUCP> <1243@utcsri.UUCP> Reply-To: jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura|Barrister Jimomura Solicitor|Toronto) Distribution: can Organization: Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto Lines: 21 Summary: Lotteries I'm an not exactly hopelessly poor (though definitely not rich) and I doubt if I am stupid by most normal measurements (my third yr. at U. of Windsor law school saw me ranked something like top 20%). I buy lottery tickets. Not many, and not with any expectation of winning. I also enter some other contests on occasion. Ironically, my win/loss average over my lifetime may actually be on the plus side (most things I enter are free or for the cost of a postage stamp and envelope). Mainly it depends on how you value some of the non-money things I've won. Like I said. Morality is your business (or Fred's or anybody elses). I don't feel my above statement makes your reasoning invalid. Maybe you're right. I guess I just don't *feel* that gamblings wrong. I have no religious basis for morality (not in the traditional sense) which is what I expected Fred to put forward (or anybody else). -- James Omura, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto ihnp4!utzoo!lsuc!jimomura