August 17, 2022
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Lottery Targeted Towards
Minority communities
Studies show
Lottery hones in
on low-income
neighbhoods
While the growing expansion
of casinos 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 found that lottery
retailers are disproportionately
clustered in lower-income com-
munities in nearly every state.
The investigation’s analysis of
cell phone location data shows
that the people who patronize
those stores come from the same
kinds of communities. In the vast
majority of states with lotteries
concentrate on communities with
lower levels of education and in-
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AP Image - Study finds that most state lotteries are targeting
low-income households
come and higher poverty rates,
with larger populations of Black
and Hispanic people.
More than two-thirds of lot-
tery sales are of instant scratch-
off tickets, which range in price
from $1 to $50. “There’s a reason
why so many lottery outlets are
concentrated in low-income areas
across the United States,” said
Les Bernal, national director of
Stop Predatory Gambling.
Many states permit sales at
stores that specifically market
to low-income communities.
Check-cashing stores, patronized
by lower-income people who
don’t have bank accounts, sell lot-
tery tickets in 24 states, the How-
ard Center found.
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