“That’s the primary reason that lotteries exist, to make money for good causes,” said Gordon Medenica, director of the Maryland State Lottery & Gaming Control Agency, as well as the director of the interstate Mega Millions Consortium.<\/p>\n
Bernal argues the benefits lotteries provide largely comes from players who shouldn’t be gambling. Stop Predatory Gambling cites a 2018 report from online financial hub Bankrate that found 61 percent of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings.<\/p>\n
\nState governments have turned a nation of small earners, who could be small savers, into a nation of habitual gamblers,” Bernal declared. “We strongly urge you to act now, before the assistance that American families will be receiving ends up being taken by state lottery tickets, rather than invested in immediate needs and churned through our economy for the benefit of everyone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Stop Predatory Gambling’s Hypocrite Hall of Fame includes such notables as Las Vegas Sands billionaire Sheldon Adelson, former MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren, and President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
State lotteries continue operating amid the coronavirus pandemic, and that’s something a leading anti-gambling group wants changed immediately. At least 316 million people in 42 states remain under orders or recommendations to stay home whenever possible. Nonessential businesses are shuttered in dozens of states, but not one state-run lottery has suspended its games during the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":133526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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