1.   A national lottery could probably operate with lower costs than existing state lotteries.

2.   In fact, said Rogers, the Minnesota state lottery also operates a home page on the Internet.

3.   One such tactic is telling long-distance carriers that the Indian lottery would operate illegally and that it would be against the law to provide them with phone service.

4.   The Texas state lottery operates out of a nondescript office building in Austin.

5.   The program featured singers, comedians and videotaped testimonials on the advantages of government lotteries operated in the United States, Australia and Germany.