
The Lottery
Civics 101
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The History of Lottery
In 18 95, all lotteries in the united states were banned. This is making me think of prohibition. What history has shown us is that when you then make it illegal, it rarely, if ever, actually goes away naturally. So how did we get from the banning of the golden octopus to lotteries being run in most states? We get there by something called the numbers. And this is matthew. He's a professor at city college of new york and he wrote a fascinating book about urban gambling.
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