With $103 billion spent on tickets in 2023, big jackpots and economic stress continue to fuel America’s lottery habit.
But online ticket retailers are cutting into their business.
A new podcast from GBH News finds that it’s a story of scratch-off tickets, vaudeville and more.
The illegal game has similarities with a state lottery. For many Black residents of Detroit, it represented an opportunity.
In its battle against tax evasion, the government wants more Italians to change their payment method.
The recent tax cuts would save a lone winner more than $23 million.
With the Mega Millions prize now above $1 billion, the odds are low – about one in 300 million.
The Spanish Christmas Lottery, one of the biggest draws in the world, has a payout of over 2 billion euros and a participation rate of 75 percent.
