https://freerepublic.com/tag/stateslotteries/ en-us Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:34:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4077676/posts WARREN, Mich. (AP) — While the growing expansion of casinos and state-sanctioned sports betting steal the spotlight, state lotteries have nearly doubled in size over the past two decades, driving a multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies. A nationwide investigation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that lottery retailers are disproportionately clustered in lower-income communities in nearly every state. The investigation’s analysis of cellphone location data shows that the people who patronize those stores come from the same kinds of communities. The Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4077676/posts#comment Mon, 11 Jul 2022 19:34:18 GMT