Economy down, lottery tickets up
Lottery ticket sales have surged across the United States. Seventeen states, including Arizona, Iowa, and Pennsylvania, sold record numbers of tickets in the past fiscal year. “I think it has a lot to do with the economy,” said California gas station attendant Abel Reynoso. “People are getting desperate.”
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