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'''State lotteries''' take money from 33 million [[American]]s each week in scratch-off and Powerball scams alone.
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'''State lotteries''' take money from 33 million [[American]]s '''''each week''''' in scratch-off and Powerball scams alone.
    
Slick advertising aimed at low-income workers, such as $74 million in advertising by [[New York]] to generate $10 billion in annual sales.
 
Slick advertising aimed at low-income workers, such as $74 million in advertising by [[New York]] to generate $10 billion in annual sales.
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State lotteries began in 1964 and have been robbing those who can least afford it ever since.
 
State lotteries began in 1964 and have been robbing those who can least afford it ever since.
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Lotteries are a form of regressive tax, yet supported by so-called [[progressives]] anyway.
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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[[category:gambling]]
 
[[category:gambling]]
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