There was a fascinating article in the New Yorker recently that described the history of the lottery in different societies being used to prop up wars and overspending governments going back to the Roman era.
I think it mentioned that the money brought in to local governments from the lottery is often earmarked for a specific cause such as education in order to keep it's popularity up, even though it often goes elsewhere or does not cover much of the education spending need. Is there a resource where we can see state-by-state where the lottery money is going to?
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There was a fascinating article in the New Yorker recently that described the history of the lottery in different societies being used to prop up wars and overspending governments going back to the Roman era.
I think it mentioned that the money brought in to local governments from the lottery is often earmarked for a specific cause such as education in order to keep it's popularity up, even though it often goes elsewhere or does not cover much of the education spending need. Is there a resource where we can see state-by-state where the lottery money is going to?
(EDIT: Found the article. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/10/24/what-weve-lost-playing-the-lottery)
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