Gambling Made Respectable—But Still Gambling

I am referring to the fact that here in the State of Michigan we now have a state lottery. Perhaps others of our readers also reside in states which conduct such lotteries. In Michigan this thing seems to have captured the imagination of the public. The state, of course, adopted the lottery as a means of revenue for the never-satiated appetite of the state treasury -- which only means, of course, that the state, not the individual, is the big winner. But this is not my point. I am referring...