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BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesLOTTERIESWheel of Misfortune
For players of Montana's Big Spin lottery game, lady luck went
on vacation and never came back. In Big Spin, the state chooses
three people each week from among thousands of losing lottery
ticket holders and gives them a chance to win a $1 million jackpot
by whirling the Big Spin wheel. But in 222 tries over the past 18
months, no one has hit the jackpot. Officials added a second $1
million slot to the 100-slot wheel, but to no avail. Without a big
winner to hype, ticket sales have dropped from $23 million in
fiscal 1988 to $11.2 million in 1989.
Is the big wheel fixed? Evidently not: the jackpot has turned
up several times in practice runs. Perhaps lottery officials should
talk to Vanna White for a few tips.