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Jun 10, 2015 | 5:57 pm

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Originally Posted by pinniped

Vegas has slots.

State/national lotteries make an airport slot machine look like a wise investment strategy.

(And I'm just assuming that an airport slot machine is about the worst possible slot machine to play.)

I remember seeing big Illinois Lottery signs at ORD many, many years ago. Before lotteries were everywhere...

When I lived in Las Vegas, people used to drive to the state line with California (about 45 miles) to a little tiny store that was just on the other side of the line. That store was specifically there to sell lotto tickets. People would line up to buy when the California Lotto had rolled over into a large jackpot.

I thought it was exceedingly ridiculous when one lived in the mecca of gambling to drive 45 miles to buy another state's lottery ticket with exceedingly poor odds.

ETA - just looked it up and it's still there! Located on "Lotto Store Road"!!! I wonder if this link will work: https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6064...Iw!2e0!6m1!1e1

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