The media has lost its normal sense of sobriety as MegaMillion SMS lotteries bombard us right left and centre with promises to hit jackpots. You can't blame them as they are now the key architects. One important question remains unanswered amid all the news coverage: where does the 10 million “jackpot” come from? It all comes from money that has been lost by other Kenyans, a large portion of whom are on the tunaomba serikali side. Poor, desolate and greedy. You, the gullible Kenyan, is losing money on this scheme regardless of whether you send an SMS or not. The predatory gambling interests are the real “jackpot” winner.
One final note: some in the news media describe the odds of winning as “slim.” How can it be accurate to describe odds of 1 in 15 million as slim? The only word that describes the odds the best is “impossible.”
