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South African Trade Minister Defends National Lottery25 November 2002SOUTH AFRICA – As reported by the (South African) Independent: ``The national lottery was the best-regulated form of gambling in South Africa, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said in defence of the game for which the government has fielded considerable criticism. ```We may as well utilise that fallibility or that propensity of human beings to gamble wisely,' Erwin said in answer to a question in the national assembly on Wednesday. ```The lottery is the best-regulated form of gambling.' ``Erwin dismissed charges by opposition parties that it was the poorest who were gambling their money away…" |