I am not a betting man, but I do like to play the occasional slot machine when I visit a casino. It’s hard for me to part with my hard-earned money on the chance that I might hit big. But like so many folks last week, I got caught up in the frenzy of the $656 million Mega Millions jackpot. The week had been unusually brutal for me, and by the time I got home one day, the television was ablaze with people across the country caught up in the fever fantasy of winning the big jackpot. I sat there...

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