Saturday, January 3, 2009

An Idea for the State Lottery System

Matthew received a Little People Spin n' Crash Raceway from Santa. The idea behind the toy is that two Little People in their respective race cars "drive" around a figure 8 track and crash into each other. This, we have discovered, is Fun. However, other items can also be made to race about the track, such as Hot Wheels, Legos and stray Cheerios. This is Even More Fun.
The other night, Cameron saw the lottery on TV for the first time. He was entranced by the numbered balls being sucked up the tubes while a middle-aged woman with a heavy handed make-up artist announced the winning numbers. So, tonight, the Spin n' Crash Raceway was transformed into the Little People Lottery. A few dominos, a turn of the key and then a quick opening of the gate and . . . winning numbers! It's such a simple and affordable system, it really makes me question what the lottery system is doing wasting all that money on those fancy gravity pick machines.

1 comment:

Christine said...

Sharon, if you start giving away millions I'll definitely buy a ticket.