Word: coffers
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...attuned to the rules of probability, you will leave the game having gained a profit. But now, say the stakes are upped and instead of $11, your friend has to give you $110, and instead of $10, you have to give him $100. You could wipe out your entire coffer after 10 coin tosses. The idea is similar for smart poker-playing: the trick is to play at levels at which you have a negligible risk of going broke, but you’re still able to make a significant profit...
Gore might have expected that sort of opposition, but he may well find he's pushing a bill of goods that's universally unsalable. First, there is the question of what incentive there would be to contribute to a central campaign coffer, because of both bipartisanship - "I don't want my hard-earned greenbacks going to those darned Democrats/rotten Republicans" - and the perception that access to candidates would be diminished. In addition, it's doubtful that he can even count on support from fellow Democrats. "There's general agreement that the only reason Democrats vote for these campaign finance overhaul...