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1	success of a lottery in New Hampshire has been very
2	much misrepresented by the press . Somehow the press
3	generally, especially locally here, are opposed to it.
4	They have given the impression that the New Hampshire
5	lottery is not successful. I state to you that it is
6	successful. The premise upon which they base their
7	contention last year that it wasn't successful is the
8	fact that it didn't bring in as much in revenue the
9	second year as it did the first year. It so happens
10	they are doing better this year, the third year, than
11	they did the second year. So that we can't just depend
12	on how much revenue is coming in in deciding whether it
13	is successful or not. The important thing is that it
14	has increased aid to education in New Hampshire by 50
15	per cent. It has brought in millions of dollars that
16	would otherwise have gone to organized crime.
17	It depends on which publication you are
18	reading as to whether it is successful or not. I think
19	we will recognize Time Magazine as being a reputable,
20	well-recognized magazine. In the issue of April 1, 1966,
21	Time Magazine said "The New Hampshire sweepstakes this