At the Quik Pik on East Main Street in Meriden, where the
"scratch club" meets mornings, a $4 latte would be laughed out
the door. But most mornings this summer, there was a brisk
business in $10, $20 and the never-before-seen-in-America $30
instant lottery tickets.  "It's relaxing, scratching them off,"
said Robert Anderson, a Meriden retiree who comes in for a few
minutes of scraping a coin across a latex-covered ticket at
least three times a week.  By 7:30 on a good morning, the floor
by the coffee pot is littered with tiny shreds of rubbings from
"Stud Poker," "Pinball Wizard" or one of the more than 30 games
running simultaneously. It's not surprising for a customer to
spend $100 or more on the festive scratch tickets, displayed in
plexiglass cases.  Sign Up For Traffic Text Alerts  "I scratch
here and I scratch at home," said Richard Wood, self-described
president of the Quik Pik scratch club. "We don't go nuts. We
have our limits."  The lottery's strategy in Connecticut is
simple - convince people to g