Yeah... a lottery... only the guys selling you the ticket are cheating. The lottery is rigged.
In the telecom race to "convergence" they've been cooperating, trying to drug the only possible winner... and the jockey, instead of trying to maintain position, keeps trying hard to reign the horse in... not "saving it for the finish", but, for turning him around, trying to make him run the other way... hoping everyone but CLYW will win by default... or, by default judgment, if possible.