State lotteries increasingly cede control to huge firms
FILE - A record Powerball jackpot is posted on a Kansas Lottery billboard in Topeka, Kan., on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. State lotteries spend more than a half-billion dollars a year on pervasive marketing campaigns that deliver hopeful messages, designed to persuade people to play often, spend more and overlook the long odds of winning. But for every dollar players spend on the lottery, they will lose about 35 cents on average, according to an analysis in 2021 of lottery data by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
| July 17, 2022 12:00 AM
The companies that run state-backed lotteries already have a heavy hand in how the games are operated. But in the years ahead, their control over lotteries is expected to expand significantly while state officials take a step back....
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