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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: gambling problems make up a minority of players, but they buy more tickets: Just 5 percent of lottery players buy a full 54 percent of the tickets. The National Council on Problem Gambling (a group funded partly by the gaming industry, not exactly a lottery foe) says low-income players are more likely to expect they'll come out ahead.
Six state lotteries have introduced video lottery machines that are closCalifornia'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 month in Texas.$16: Amount spent each month by the typical player without a high school degree.49: West Virginia's rank in median household income.1: West Virginia's rank in state lottery profits per capita.$315 million: Biggest lottery jackpot claimed by a single winner.$51.7 million: Biggest unclaimed jackpot.Flash PointsFolks with er