The New York Senate has included revenue from online poker and online sports wagering in their proposed April 1 budget, and the unnamed winner of the $560 million New Hampshire Powerball lottery has won her right to anonymity.

I get shit for not voting, but it’s not something that’s at the forefront of my mind. Our parents create our worldview, and my education on politics involved sitting around the TV while my parents sucked on cancer sticks hoping the man holding the battered red briefcase was going to reduce prices on cigarettes and alcohol.

I don’t smoke.

I don’t drink.