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Spending More with Less

Posted On: September 24, 2007Originally published as part of the October, 2002 Issue
Average lottery players in mostly-black ZIP code areas spent more money and a higher percentage of their income on the lottery in fiscal year 2002 than did average lottery players in mostly-Latino and mostly-white ZIP code areas.

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