Now you can join residents of eight other states in the fun of buying colorful tickets that you will throw away in bitter disappointment two days later....Two choices: Buy Mega Millions tickets...or take a dollar from your wallet and throw it into the nearest storm sewer. With either option, your odds are about the same. (Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2002, Section 01F)

 

Blundo goes on to say "Mega Millions is designed to entertain Ohioans while preserving the political careers of Gov. Bob Taft and the members of the General Assembly." Absolutely.