Yesterday I heard on the local news that Michigan lottery officials were concerned about people playing the number 1111 in the state's Daily 4 lottery game. Apparently, if that number won, they would have had to pay out $40 million.
Call me naive, but I wasn't aware that the lottery comission keeps track of what numbers people buy or don't buy. I think this is disturbing. When people go to a casino they are kicked out if they are found to be counting cards. Yet the sate can keep statistics on how many people buy which numbers?
