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Last week\u2019s historic $2.04 billion Powerball<\/a> drawing led to criticism that lotteries are unjustly pressuring lower-income households across the US to purchase tickets, CNN<\/em> claimed in a recent analysis.<\/p>\n

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Powerball ticket forms, pictured above. Analysts claim lotteries unfairly target the poor and minorities. (Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Lotteries are regressive, meaning lower-income groups spend more of their budgets on lottery games than higher-income groups,\u201d CNN<\/em> added.<\/p>\n

Les Bernal, the national director of Stop Predatory Gambling, recently told CNN<\/em> that the lottery results in \u201csystemic racism.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re hoping to pay their rent at the end of the month or pay an outstanding medical bill or put their kids through college, or they just lost their job and they\u2019re just trying to find a way to make ends meet,\u201d Bernal said. \u201cAnd here you have what is a government program encouraging citizens to lose their money on rigged games.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The high jackpots also mean there are unlikely odds of winning. The odds of winning last week\u2019s Powerball drawing were 1 in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n

A 1999 National Gambling Impact Study Commission report revealed that Black, low-income households and high school dropouts are the most frequent lottery players, according to CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Rough Economy<\/h2>\n

Jonathan Cohen, author of For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America,<\/em>\u00a0said when challenging economic conditions and joblessness are present, many lottery players see the lottery as a way to make money.<\/p>\n

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David Just, a Cornell University economist, also told CNN<\/em> that during rough economic conditions, people will take more risks. During the COVID-19 pandemic, lottery ticket sales increased, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At these times, people “have to sort of dream big and think that something, something great is gonna happen, that\u2019s just gonna change everything,\u201d Just said.<\/p>\n

Over recent years, lottery ticket sales have increased from $47 billion since 2005 to $82 billion, according to the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, whose analysis was quoted by CNN<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Big Winner<\/h2>\n

Last week\u2019s winning Powerball ticket was sold at Joe\u2019s Service Center<\/a> in Altadena, Calif. The store’s owner, Joe Chahayed, hopes the winner lives in the local neighborhood. So far, the lucky winner has not been identified.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The winner in last week\u2019s Powerball drawing will have the option of taking a one-time lump sum worth $997.6 million or receiving the full value of the annuitized jackpot over 30 years. Both options are before federal and state taxes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the delayed<\/a> Powerball drawing finally occurred last Tuesday, the California ticket holder became the richest lottery recipient in US history. The previous single largest lottery prize in the country\u2019s history was a $1.537 billion Mega Millions prize won by a player in South Carolina in October 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week\u2019s historic $2.04 billion Powerball drawing led to criticism that lotteries are unjustly pressuring lower-income households across the US to purchase tickets, CNN claimed in a recent analysis. “Lotteries are regressive, meaning lower-income groups spend more of their budgets on lottery games than higher-income groups,\u201d CNN added. Les Bernal, the national director of Stop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":243014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81881,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLotteries Are Unfairly Targeting The Poor, Jackpots Lure Players: Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Last week\u2019s historic Powerball drawing led to criticism. 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