51.   Was the lottery fun for Cuban?

52.   While researcher Cook questions whether lotteries are a proper way for governments to raise revenue, he concedes that the state monopolies stand to reap continued profits.

53.   While sales of the record lottery has been brisk all over Louisiana, nowhere are more tickets being sold than in those towns closest to Texas, he said.

54.   While several other states have hired private companies to run their lotteries, the lotteries are still entirely state-owned.

55.   Yet this lottery is not beyond improvement, in three ways.

56.   A history student told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a wildly popular but illegal lottery is of more interest to students than the Dala standoff.

57.   ACOG spokesman Dick Yarbrough said that with immense demand for Olympic tickets, a pre-paid lottery was the best way to process orders.

58.   Although the lottery is very popular among Thais, selling tickets is not an easy way to make a living, the vendors say.

59.   But for the owners of stores littered with discarded losing tickets, the lottery can be a nightmare.

60.   Giuliani said the visa lottery is free, and warned applicants to avoid people who ask for money to help with the visa process.