WAITE - Part 1: A Tough Decision

Cash it in exchange for lottery tickets

He told her the money would be better spent on food or clothes for her children.

He thinks the customers would go somewhere else to buy them.

<p>Buying $25 scratch tickets at every stop along the way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$200</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$1,313 for every man, woman, and child in town</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sales of lottery tickets increase when people lose their jobs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Economists warn that lotteries prey on societies' most desperate people because they play disproportionately despite long odds of winning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lottery is a tax on the poor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The state-run lottery has increased its advertising budget, invested in market research, and installed flat-screen TVs in stores for impulse buys.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Residents in Maine's poorest towns spend as much as 200 times more per person on lottery tickets than those in wealthier areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lack of legislative oversight allows most budget and marketing decisions to be made internally with little or no review by legislators.</p> Signup and view all the answers