AND TO THINK, THE GAME ALWAYS STINKS:

What pools? (John Cote, January 25, 2003, Modesto Bee)

The American Gaming Association, a casino lobbying group, estimates that Americans will wager more than $5 billion on the Super Bowl this year.

That figure almost matches the gross domestic product of Honduras or Nepal in 2001, according to the World Bank.

Every once in a while, numbers really put things in perspective. Posted by Orrin Judd at January 27, 2003 8:58 PM