Hitting the Lottery Jackpot: State Governments and the Taxing of Dreams
When thirteen machine shop workers from Ohio won a $295.7 million lotto jackpot, the largest ever, it made headlines. But the real story is that the lottery is a losing proposition for the vast majority who play it.Hitting the Lottery, Jackpot provides the hard truth to the questions everybody asks: What are my chances of winning? Doesn't the money go to education? Isn't it harmless? This concise book explains who really profits from lotteries -- advertising agencies, TV stations, and ticket vendors -- and that shows only about half the money wagered is returned as prizes, the rest pocketed by state governments. Hitting the Lottery Jackpot al…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58367-014-9
- EAN: 9781583670149
- Produktnummer: 1456304
- Verlag: Monthly Review Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.3 cm x D0.9 cm 195 g
- Auflage: New
- Gewicht: 195
Über den Autor
David Nibert is Associate Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, and has published articles in Critical Sociology, Race, Gender and Class, and other publications.
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