So the boss of Camelot, Dianne Thompson, thinks Joe Punter will be "lucky to win a tenner" on the renamed Lotto game, does she?

The only sure winners are the bosses of Camelot, they win every week.

It is one thing to capitalise on the greed, desperation or gullibility of the gambling public, but it takes a special type of arrogance to rub their noses in it by marking them out as born losers.

Reckless arrogance - remember Gerald Ratner?

Martin Hayton,

Hallard Way,

Strensall, York.

Updated: 10:30 Tuesday, May 28, 2002