Lottery forewarning :LETTER

From Dr Jonathan Holbrook

Sir: Even before George Orwell's prediction of the National Lottery in 1984 (letter, 10 June), St Paul, in his letter to Timothy, wrote:

People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction (1 Tim 6:9).

Any more warnings?

Yours faithfully,

JONATHAN HOLBROOK

Surbiton,

Surrey

14 June