Lotteries Face Tough Odds In Flagging Economy

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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
12-23-2008
Lotteries Face Tough Odds In Flagging Economy

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 9:00-10:00 PM

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SIEGEL: In tough economic times, you might think that people down on their luck would run out and buy lottery tickets and you'd be wrong. People are cutting back on non-essential spending and state lotteries are suffering. That's a problem, because schools, city and state budgets, even programs for the elderly rely on lottery revenue. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

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