
What the lottery reveals about the American dream
Apple News In Conversation
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Are There Guardrails on Lottery Commissions?
There are very few guardrails on lottery commissions, and this is in part because over the course of the 1970s, Congress decided it was going to get out of the way. I think the most glaring sort of lack of guideline that stands out is that because lotteries are state agencies, they are exempt from Federal Trade Commission, Truth and Advertising Law. The operation of a lottery commission seems totally at odds with what we would expect would be the purposes of government in modern society.
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