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Part of me appreciates the wry humor, and part of me is totally offended by the young black mailroom guy playing the lottery.

I thinks it’s really advertising the lottery itself that’s bothering me, as it’s basically a sucker tax on the poor, “acceptable” because some of the revenue supposedly goes to schools. Of course, not in direct proportion to the neighborhoods where the most tickets are bought.

In these tough times, it’s like advertising liquor at an AA meeting.