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States raised $17.4 billion for their budgets in 2007. Most spend a portion of that income on education, but many have found other creative outlets. In Kansas and Iowa, lottery money pays for compulsive-gambling programs; Montana and Wisconsin have used it for property tax relief. Over the years, Washington State has spent $49.9 million of itsevery few weeks. They tell their friends, who buy, win—and tell theirs.
Do You Feel Lucky?A few random facts about random-chance lotteries and the money trail.
$58.4 billion: How much we spent on thelottery in 2007.30%: Amount states kept as profits.
$1.1 billion: California's total lottery profits.1.5%: Portion of California's education budget that comes from the lottery.
$8.50: Amount a educated player spends on the lottery each lottery revenues on a baseball stadium and put $76.5 million toward a football arena and convention center.The smaller instant prizes, surprisingly, are the engines of growth. Ten- and twenty-dollar tickets are now routine, and scratch-off now make up about half of lottery . Their steady stream of $100 prizes means that regular players can win