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Hope and Hard Luck: Poorest Counties Lead State in Per Capita Lottery Sales

This first-rate report by Sarah Ovaska of North Carolina Policy Watch details how the most impoverished counties in North Carolina spend the most money on the state lottery. The report below also includes a link to a county-by-county map detailing lottery sales.

Hope and Hard Luck – NC Policy Watch

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