Better Than Owning Your Own Lottery I was at a meeting recently where a startup was discussing its roll-out. Curiously enough, I thought, the subject was philately. Stamp collecting. That's something a great uncle of mine was really into but I haven't thought of since I was a kid, looking over his shoulder at the funny little pictures. At first, I thought the meeting would be a sleeper. I was wrong. The stamps are actually pretty cool. Digital collectibles. But that's not what really got me. It...

Better Than Owning Your Own Lottery I was at a meeting recently where a startup was discussing its roll-out. Curiously enough, I thought, the subject was philately. Stamp collecting. That's something a great uncle of mine was really into but I haven't thought of since I was a kid, looking over his shoulder at the funny little pictures. At first, I thought the meeting would be a sleeper. I was wrong. The stamps are actually pretty cool. Digital collectibles. But that's not what really got me. It...