1.   The lottery is probably the most popular form of gambling.

2.   THE new national lottery is great news.

3.   Although the lottery is more accepted and far less intrusive than video gambling, several polls show that its popularity in Alabama has dropped in recent months.

4.   And the lottery may be even worse than expected.

5.   And, critics say, the lottery is not the harmless fun the ads would have you believe.

6.   At the state level, there is a lottery for sterilized couples.

7.   After that, the lottery was born, although some purists still favor the previous system.

8.   But a lottery is just a way to allocate unfairness, not eliminate it.

9.   But at least we should choose to have a spokesman who conveys what the lottery is all about, which is fleecing people.

10.   But for the vast majority of people, lotteries are merely a harmless pastime that diverts funds from illegal gambling.