A wheel clack-clack-clacks and the numbers blur. More slowly now — clack, clack, clack — the numbers separate so you can find yours and follow it. Almost, maybe, just a little farther, you hope, you ...

It’s the weekend in Minnesota’s Twin Cities: Minneapolis and St. Paul. Neighborhood dive bars are packed with people clutching tickets with great anticipation. What’s in their glasses is irrelevant.

The giant raffle wheel stood before a crowd buzzing with anticipation. A sweepstakes of sorts was about to get underway. At stake: Steak. And pork tenderloin. And sausage. And almost every other cut ...