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warshawlawI don't think there is anything wrong with a sweepstakes but the inserts have been way out of hand for years. Pack busting has always been gambling; it just used to be benign, mild gambling, and you didn't ditch the other cards just because you didn't get the top card. I recall running down the NYC street from the candy store as a boy with my friends trailing me yelling "no trades" at the top of my lungs when I pulled a 1975-76 Stan Mikita from a pack of Topps hockey (there was a sport played in cold places with sticks called "hockey" once upon a time; I miss it...). The shame for the kids is that the excitement of finding a card of a favorite player has been replaced with the excitement of finding a valuable card of your dad or grandfather's favorite player.