20% of players contribute 82% of lottery revenue in the USA — disproportionately are low-income, minority men who have less than a college education. That has fueled a vociferous anti-lottery movement. “It really is government undercutting what government’s role should be,” which is encouraging people in financial straits to be responsible with their money, says Tom Grey of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling.
About one-half of American adults spend $45 billion annually on some 35,000 lottery games in 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The New York Lottery’s latest raffle-style game, the Turkey Raffle, was drawn today, Thanksgiving Day, and made five instant millionaires.
New York’s Turkey Raffle is a raffle game offered by the New York Lottery, with a limited period of availability and a limited number of $10 tickets.
Tickets went on sale Nov. 3, and ticket sales were to stop Nov. 26 or earlier if the supply of tickets ran out.
The winning numbers were announced at 10:00 AM this morning, Nov. 27, 2008.
Each raffle ticket contains a unique, nine-digit number issued sequentially across the state from the Lottery’s central computer, starting with number 100000000.
The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night’s $06 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night.
The winning numbers from Tuesday night’s drawing were: 2, 11, 22, 51, and 52. The Mega Ball number was 46.
The Texas Megaplier was 2.
As times get tough financially for states, New Hampshire is looking to Wal-Mart as a possible way to help boost its lottery revenue.
