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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4053)	5/28/2002 7:22:57 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Respond to of 5315

Chris, a) how often in the past year they have bought a lottery ticket I don't play all of the lottery games offered in my state, but of the games I do play (Pick 5, Lotto, PowerBall), I never miss a draw, and have never missed a draw since the inception of each game. b) how often in the past year they have traded (short or long) a pink sheet stock. Never long, and never short... Never ever... I once briefly owned a stock that traded on the OTCBB, but that was because it was delisted from NASDAQ and I eventually sold it for about 20 cents a share (bought at about $10 a share) prior to its eventual bankruptcy... This tracks what I understand to be the general demographics of gambling, too This doesn't hold true for my wife and me. We tend to go with the higher odds stuff, such as slot machines, keno, video poker, bingo etc... Mostly nickels and quarters, but we do always (ALWAYS!!!) play the maximum coins in the machines. Our luck there is mixed, with a few smaller jackpots (ranging from the low $100s to about maybe the low $1000s). On table games, my wife likes Let It Ride, and we both sometimes do roulette, but that's just as a respite from the machines. Overall, I'd say we're probably behind in our casino gambling, but we've gotten more than our money's worth in fun and memories. By the way, that survey I referred to when writing to Bob? If I remember correctly, the author who cited the "statistics" was trying to prove that NASDAQ was the up and coming exchange. Something to do with the market value of the NYSE eroding, while the total market value of the NASDAQ was growing. The prediction was that the NASDAQ would shortly pass the NYSE in total market capitalization. Can't recall if it ever happened or not, but the author had labeled the NYSE as stodgy, and its customers as antiques, while the NASDAQ was labeled as young, invigorating, exciting, etc. and its customers young, tech-savvy professionals with excess income available for investment purposes in what they knew best --- tech... KJC