This in-depth report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis studied the relationship between income and lottery revenue and found that a large portion of lottery profits come from people who receive some financial subsidy from the government, suggesting the lottery profits from those with the least disposable income.
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Despite a mountain of evidence, states continue to partner with powerful gambling corporations to promote ever more extreme forms of