The handwriting was his usual: sharp, angular, efficient. The title was underlined twice, in pencil. LOTTONOMICS (Alias' working notes) "Lotteries are not games of chance, they are systems of allocation without mediation. Their efficiency lies not in hope, but in their capacity to bypass negotiation, hierarchy, and bargaining. They eliminate the costs of decision-making. No adjudicator, no appeals, no lobbying. They unmask the farce of meritocracy." Alias had double underlined that line. "In ...