The lottery generates over $70 billion in revenue each year. Today on Civics 101 we explore how we got here; from failed lotteries in the Revolutionary War to the Golden Octopus to the Numbers Game to a Mega Millions ticket from your neighborhood shop. Where does all of that money GO? And why are states so dependent on them in the first place?Taking us on this madcap journey are two experts on the lottery in the US; Kevin Flynn (author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/American-Sweepstakes-Bucked-Church-Lottery/dp/1611687020">American Sweepstakes</a>) and Matthew Vaz (author of <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo49299126.html">Running the Numbers</a>).
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