                               Command : LOTTO

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: lotto

If you're a gambling dictator, you'll undoubtedly enjoy a chance to make a few
quick  grand  at the cost of only a few thin dollars.  You can do just that by
playing POGOLOTTO, Pogo's worldwide lucky number  lottery!   At  each  update,
three  numbers  are  drawn  out  of  a pool of twenty; if you have purchased a
ticket with the same three numbers, you're a winner!

You use the lotto command to purchase lottery  tickets,  list  tickets  you've
already  purchased,  and  see  the  current jackpot.  The lotto syntax follows
these examples:

                               Command : LOTTO

   lotto              - you will be prompted for numbers
   lotto 5 7 9        - pick numbers 5, 7, and 9
   lotto q[uickpick]  - quick pick three random numbers
   lotto j[ackpot]    - just show the current jackpot
   lotto l[ist]       - list your tickets
   lotto s[ales]      - show how many tickets have been sold

Each ticket costs $20.  All revenue from ticket sales goes  into  a  worldwide
economic aid fund, of which 75% is donated at each update to whichever country
has the least amount of cash.  The remaining 25% rolls over into the next lot-
tery  round,  unless  someone wins the jackpot, in which case POGO pockets the
25% to cover lottery administration expenses.

The three numbers you pick must all be unique and in the range 1 to 20;  order
doesn't  matter.  The jackpot starts out at $1000.  Each update in which there
is no winner and at least 10 tickets had been purchased, the pot automatically
grows  by  $500.   Tickets play for the current jackpot only; after the update
numbers are picked and any winners are paid, the old tickets are flushed.   If

                               Command : LOTTO

there is a winning ticket, the jackpot resets to $1000 for the next game.   If
there  are  multiple  winners,  the  jackpot  is  equally  divided among them.
Winners are notified of their win by telegram, and really big winners make the
news.

