Under B – “6,” the number of defendants in the second bingo trial in Montgomery. Under I – “27,” the number of charges the jury is deliberating on at this writing. Under N – “33,” the number of counts the jury deadlocked on in the first trial. Under G – “46,” the number of human chromosomes per human cell. Under O – “72,” the number in thousands of dollars Milton McGregor, casino owner, allegedly paid Ray Crosby (a recent suicide) for writing pro-gambling legislation. When you get right down to it, the only number that really counts in this Bingo Corruption Trial II is “G-46.” As proof I’d like to call to the stand Mr. Dmitri Karamazov, of “The Brothers Karamazov” fame. Now, Mr. Karamazov, what’s your take on the remake of this wasteful and wretched bingo trial? “That’s just what’s made me wretched all my life, that I yearned to be honorable, that I was, so to say, a martyr to a sense of honor, seeking for it with a lantern, with the lantern of Diogenes, and yet all my life I’ve been doing filthy things.” It’s the mixture of honor and shame that always does us in; that explains why there are so many colossal screw ups. Yes, the casino operators create jobs, tax revenues and recreation. The state (aka prosecution, feds) is in the business of justice, righting wrongs and protection of rights. On the other hand, casinos generate so much money and money gravitates toward power, and who has ever seen a millionaire content with the money he or she has? Ever heard of a casino that was satisfied with its intake? The prosecution, for its part, comes in and interferes with the Alabama legislative process to begin with, then pulls off some questionable maneuvers like essentially asking some of its witnesses to crawfish on the stand; at the very least, quibble with the truth. All that honor on both sides counterbalanced by all those filthy things on both sides. That’s called the human condition. And if you want to know why so many things turn out to be a waste of time and taxpayer money, Bingo!, there it is. Bob Morgan is a retired, award-winning journalist and an author.