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Liquor Prices

Do the liquor prices in state-run and private sector systems differ systematically? The states with government monopoly are listed in B, the others in A. (8 states eliminated for technical reasons) Note that the private avg. is 484 cents, the monopoly 435 cents -- a difference of 49 cents.

MAXSIZE Z 10000
COPY (482 529 489 495 455 490 525 530 429 485 454 475 485 485 
      450 475 479 485 479 495 495 475 520 510 480 429) A
COPY (465 455 411 415 420 455 380 400 419 475 474 450 410 
      400 505 420) B
CONCAT A B C
REPEAT 1000
SHUFFLE C D
TAKE D 1,26 E
TAKE D 27,42 F
MEAN E EE
MEAN F FF
SUBTRACT EE FF G
  SCORE G Z
END
HISTOGRAM Z