Milt: be careful, Seth. Those things are all scams. Remember that fake scrape-off lottery ticket I got in the mail last week?

米特：小心，赛司。那些都是骗局。记得我上星期在信箱拿到的假刮刮乐彩券吗？

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Consider this stock a lottery ticket that pays off if the city doesn't go bankrupt.

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The first case (Chamberlain) was optimism supported by wishful thinking, as useful as buying a lottery ticket to fend off bankruptcy.

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