European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Columns spin that wheel of Fortune let s play the lottery by John Windrow i can t wait u Itil next year to play in the Usa eur Lomery. Dod  gambling As a Way to make 3 few Bucks for welfare and recreation. We get to have a lest run Here in Europe in 1987, i m All for because i love to Gamble. If i see iwo Birds silting on a Telephone line i la Bel you on which one will Fly away first. I la bet you on which direction in will Fly. A Cousin and i once followed a Wolly worm for half a Day to Settle .1 bet on where he was headed. I even Bel on Missouri football games. The army mid in has to find a new Way to raise Bucks because in has successfully de glamorized alcohol. I la say. Every Lime i switch on an there s some commercial Riboul a Guy growing fangs in his Mouth anal hair on the Back of his hands after nipping on the cooking Sherry. Scene a Detent looking clean Cut american stands alone in a Kilt Hen. He pours himself a cup it coffae Man Ai you can Tec i m Here Alt atom while everybody else is have having ,1 Well Lime at he Oise Bowling Alley he Sig is and slurs us  Man i can t go to the Bowling Alley. I can t drive an uiisc1 because i got drunk Ami ran my Corinto the Merit Sec Linn at the commissary. Then tame Home lied up my family in front of the to and made them watch Elsa Klensch tapes until their screams had the i s banging on the  he tips his Coffee Man i really am bummed out about it sure would like to go Ixia tag. This is powerful stuff and evidently it s had the desired effect. People Are cutting Back on the Hooch. Thai s Good booze can turn decent fun Loving people into fiends. It s expensive and in eals holes in your liver. So it s ail for the Good thai folks ire thawing some judgment. Except the Good old welfare find recreation fund suffers. Ergo the lottery. Life is like that. It reminds i of the government subsidizing tobacco a nil begging everybody not to smoke it the same time i just Hope the Bluenose Don t spoil the lottery idea. They work great. Look at the Irish sweepstakes the German lotto Back in the states one governor after another is going to his legislature and begging for a lottery so he can build More schools pave More highways and get More state jobs Lor his cousins and in Laws. Las vegas would be Lille place where people Sil around in truck slops and talk about vaccinating hogs if it weren l for wagering. People love to Bel. Where Rio you a link the famous Point spread for nil games came from they dreamed in up to facilitate gambling. During the world series Bucky pm i till me he haled Boston so much he d Bel on ilium. Thal la take Tare of the botox he said grimly. When i put Money in a team it s the kiss of Rieal worse than the sports Lehi Sarabu Rover  Bucky s hatred of Boston runs deep. I remember when the army used to have another lottery. In College we followed it breathlessly. They called it the draft. Nearly everybody played 1 recall sitting on a bar Stool in Columbia mo., watching the army lol Tery. A Man on i he to stuck his Arm in a big rotating drum and pulled out a piece of paper. You won if the Date on the paper was your birthday. October 22," Law Man said in a booming Voke. The kid on the next bar Stool pawed out cold and tumbled to the deck. It was exciting. People talked about nothing eke for weeks i had a great number. Seems like it was in the Low two s. Twenty three or something like that. It encouraged me to run Oul and join the . Navy. There May be some puritans who say the army should t encourage gambling. That misses the Point. Life s a Gamble. I would go so far to say life s a Gamble at terrible Odds. If in were a Bel most people would t take in. And lotteries make for great news stories. Like when some illegal alien in California wins $6 million in the stale lottery and gels sent Back across the Border filthy Rich. I Hope i gel Lorile the firs str by when some kid wins the army lottery. Spec. 4 a Rry Dingle s