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Here's how much the average person spends on the lottery in every stateNews Story
Millions of Americans willingly spend their hard-earned money for a chance at an early retirement, lifelong financial security, and the extravagant lifestyle that a single lucky lottery ticket could provide. Americans spent a staggering $71.8 billion on lottery tickets in 2017 or about $285 per adult. Of course, lottery ticket spending is not the same across all states, and in some parts of the country, Americans appear much more willing to spend in the hopes of hitting the jackpot. Usin
Nov 20, 2019, 4:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery riches are only one component of happinessNews Story
Let's cut right to the chase here. How much money is enough? How much would make you happy this holiday season? We mean really happy. A million? $10 million? $100 million? The age-old question of whether money can buy happiness plays out in the headlines daily. Jewel Whittaker, wife of the lottery winner who took home the richest undivided jackpot in U.S. history a lump-sum payout of about $113 million after taxes now says she regrets his purchase of the ticket that won the $314.9 million jackp
Dec 27, 2004, 8:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penaltyReply
its all about money money money
Jan 30, 2006, 11:45 am - gocart1 - Lottery News

Cincinnati Reds formed Mega Millions lottery poolReply
it takes money to make money..and it seems some dont ever have enough money.
Apr 21, 2005, 3:34 pm - ONEDAY - Lottery News

For some lottery winners jackpot is a 'nightmare'News Story
Winning the lottery turned life into a nightmareFor a lot of people, winning the lottery is the American dream. But some say the reality is more like a nightmare. Winning the lottery isn't always what it's cracked up to be, says Evelyn Adams, who won the New Jersey lottery not just once but twice (1985, 1986) to the tune of $5.4 million. Today the money is all gone and Adams lives in a trailer. I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It's called rock bottom, says
Nov 17, 2004, 10:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa couple claims $200M Powerball lottery jackpotReply
You can play with your welfare check proceeds, you can play with money from your parents, you can play with money from your children, you can play with money from your grandparents, you can play with money from your grandchildren, you can play with money from your Uncle Junior, you can play with money from your Aunt Rita, you can play with money from your ex-husband, you can play with money from your ex-wife, you can play with your child support proceeds... and on and on. Once you've exhauste
Oct 10, 2006, 6:30 am - nc6string - Lottery News

Lottery benefits Kentucky students but not its schoolsNews Story
This is the third story in a four-part series on the Kentucky lottery and its local and state impactAmid last year's protest by Kentucky teachers over what they considered to be an insufficiently-funded health insurance plan offered by Gov. Fletcher, the Kentucky Lottery Corp. received a letter from one of the angry educators. The letter underscored another, much older controversy surrounding education funding. The letter writer said, 'When you look at the amount of money generated for the Kentu
Jan 26, 2005, 11:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lottery funds misusedNews Story
Records show proceeds spent in ways not endorsed by votersA multimillion-dollar state lottery fund that is supposed to pay for parks and recreation is being used for everything from cellphone bills to air conditioners and Christmas parades.The Conservation Trust Fund is a $43 million pool of lottery profits that, according to state law, is to be given to local governments and used only for the acquisition, development and maintenance of new conservation sites or for capital improvements or main
Nov 10, 2003, 5:02 am - Todd - Lottery News

Penn. woman sues for share of winning lottery ticketReply
libra926 - now, ACRO....isn't that some what antagonistic and selfish?...Don't you have a loving relationship w/anyone in your family.....maybe your Brother or sister, or a Cousin?? anyone?? It's not selfish to say anything, it's what you do that matters. If I tell everyone I'm giving them nothing, then if I give them all 1 million, where is my error? It's after the fact they cannot sue you and use your words against you? Ahhh, see, but I can still give it. There is nothing se
Apr 3, 2006, 7:49 am - acronym007 - Lottery News

Lottery riches are only one component of happinessReply
From the article: Richard Ball, a professor in Haverford (Pa.) College's department of economics, knows where all these people are coming from.Ball attempted to answer the money/happiness question in Absolute Income, Relative Income and Happiness, a paper he presented at the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies conference in Philadelphia last month.His findings? A person's happiness is affected much less by income than by marital status, health and the protection of civil liberties
Dec 27, 2004, 11:31 pm - jim695 - Lottery News