Lotteries in the United States. In the United States, lotteries are run by 47 jurisdictions: 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Lotteries are subject to the laws of and operated independently by each jurisdiction, and there is no national lottery organization. However, consortiums of state lotteries jointly organize games spanning larger geographical footprints, which in turn, carry larger jackpots.
Also known as jury lenity. The doctrine of jury nullification (is) the power of a jury to bring in a verdict in the teeth of both law and facts, a technical right, if it can be called so, to decide against the law and the facts.
Robert Anton Wilson discusses jury nullification. The whole purpose of the Magna Carta was for juries to make up their own mind as to what laws were to be applied to the people. If the jury is instructed to decide solely according to the facts, that instruction goes against the spirit of the Magna Carta.