The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention.

彩票每星期开奖一次，奖金不少，这是无产者真正关心的一件大事。

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You know, I think, you know obviously it's not, it's nothing to do with business, but I think the lottery was one where, you know, the public wanted something and they, they should have been bolder and they, they should have made sure that they delivered what they'd promised in the election manifesto.

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And that's one reason why last week we did what the people wanted us to do with the people's money - we put lottery money into the fight against cancer.

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