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Satire: Economic Downturn Scratch-offs
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7-9-2008 2:21 PM
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The Florida state lottery has begun offering <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/us/08prize.html?ref=todayspaper">"free gas for life"</A> as second prize in its Summer Cash lottery game. Considering the price of gas, many of Florida's casual gambling community think free gas beats out the grand prize of a quarter million dollars.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><P>That's real nice, but what about the food crisis? And the mortgage crisis? When do <EM>they </EM>get their lotto games? Here's a little sampling of the kind of scratch-offs you'll soon be able to stand around all afternoon and waste your money on at a dilapidated corner grocery near you!</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/08/win_big_with_the_new_economic_7601.php"><EM>Mortgage mess got you down? 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