That's funny. I thought one would have a choice whether to buy a lottery ticket. Is it not their "constitutional" right to be stoopid? We do alcohol and tobacco. Lotto should be a choice left to the people - not blocked from the ballot because politicians want to control how the stoopid spend. I'm always amazed at the conservatives who want the government to stay out of their own lives and pocketbooks, but think it ought to control the lives and pocketbooks of those deemed less moral or less intelligent.