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Either way. whether it is 176 million or 259 million. i'm not trying -- here's the problem with the lottery. i used to think it was okay. but a lottery is a tax on people who don't understand math. and in general, the reason they don't understand math is because we as educators have not made it clear what it means to have one in 259 million chance. imagine, don, imagine a gun. a revolver with 258,999,09 bullets. only one chamber that's empty. would you hold that weapon to your head for a buck? no. you will almost certainly lose. >> but lottery is not life or death for a lot of people. i guess ...

Clear what it means to have one in 259 million chance. imagine, don, imagine a gun. a revolver with 258,999,09 bullets. only one chamber that's empty. would you hold that weapon to your head for a buck? no. you will almost certainly lose. >> but lottery is not life or death for a lot of people. i guess it is if you don't make that much money. >> what happens, the kind of people that play the lottery are the kind of people in general, and don't want to get too far afield here, in general who can't afford it. and this is affecting, i know it is popular. and everybody holds on to this dream of wi...