Unlike many Greek acquaintances who seem to have the courage to gamble for high stakes, I'm definitely not a gambling man, although I did try my luck and make a small supplementary contribution to the economy by spending ten Euros on this strip of lottery tickets the other day.
The seller of the Laiko Lacheio tickets is called the Lacheiopolis in Greek.
The seller of lottery tickets I chose, as in the past when I've had a flutter (once every decade) is Kirios Mantzaros, the grandson of the composer of the National Anthem, Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795-1872)..
From Corfu Blues (the book):
O Lacheopolis
The grandson of the great composer
Sells tickets
For Life's lottery.
Let's hope that the national lottery in Parliament later today proves to bring more good luck and better results than I had with the "laiko" lottery. At stake today is the future of the whole nation, so it's important for everyone to refrain from Laikismos
More music by Mantzaros
For those who still like to gamble, here's Gambling Man
For those who don't (or won't after today), Sotiria Bellou sings "Dhen xanapezo zaria pia"- "I won't play a game of dice ever again".
ΔΕΝ ΞΑΝΑΠΑΙΖΩ ΖΑΡΙΑ! But of course, she did.
Definitions of Laikismos, Pdf file, in Greek
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