31.   Lotteries are strange creatures.

32.   Many Texans swallowed the notion that the lottery would be a boon for Texas schools.

33.   Miller warned that the lottery is not an inexhaustible source of money.

34.   Not only can the deck be stacked in merit-based selections, but lotteries themselves have been vulnerable to manipulation since their inception in Roman times.

35.   Now as the state considers reforming the way it funds schools, the lottery is less than relevant.

36.   No one at Penn Plaza would ever go that far, but the lottery may not be a bad thing.

37.   Since the lottery is doing better than expected, so are the arts.

38.   So, no, the lottery is not the major underwriter of Texas public education.

39.   State lotteries were also common.

40.   The bus makes four round trips a day, and there is a lottery for a seat from the shelter to the city.