Off Topic...Are state lotteries on the up and up? In pondering about all the ways crooked politicians and others get their hands on large piles of money, I can't help think about all the state lotteries that exist.  Who audits them?  Are the numbers manipulated?  Once the purvue of the mob who long controlled the numbers racket, the states woke to the flow of cash and jumped on the gravy train.  Large amounts of money and politicians is never a good thing.  Anyone have info?