Aunt Jemima
06-30-2008, 03:24 PM
"Leaders in Buffalo’s minority community, charging unfair practices by the New York Lottery, are calling for change. Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples has called for a moratorium on new lottery outlets in her East Side district and wants the state to revamp its prize payouts, which critics say penalize poor, minority neighborhoods."
"The government-operated lottery system pays the least in prizes for the games most popular in the poorest neighborhoods"
"For instant scratch-off games, the return generally is 65 percent. That means prizes amount to 65 cents for every dollar spent on instant tickets. For a few instant games, it rises to 75 percent."
"The lottery returns 50 percent of the money wagered on most online games, including Daily Numbers and Win 4, the numbers games most popular in poor, minority communities, including Buffalo’s East Side."
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/381596.html
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"The government-operated lottery system pays the least in prizes for the games most popular in the poorest neighborhoods"
"For instant scratch-off games, the return generally is 65 percent. That means prizes amount to 65 cents for every dollar spent on instant tickets. For a few instant games, it rises to 75 percent."
"The lottery returns 50 percent of the money wagered on most online games, including Daily Numbers and Win 4, the numbers games most popular in poor, minority communities, including Buffalo’s East Side."
http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/381596.html
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