In 2019 Americans spent $72billion in a bid to become the next millionaire and in Massachusetts, we have the highest per capita lottery spending in the nation. Rather than raise taxes on those at the top, or close corporate tax loop holes, legislators in forty-four states rely on lottery revenue to prop up shrinking state budgets.
For eight years I have been peeling back each complex layer of this booming, yet invisible local economy.
If you want to experience the widening income inequality at the root of our divided country, pay a visit to your local convenience store.