Description: The story of lotteries in the United States may seem straightforward: tickets are bought predominately by poor people driven by the wishful belief that they will overcome infinitesimal odds and secure lives of luxury. The reality is more complicated. For a Dollar and a Dream shows how, in an era of surging inequality and stagnant upward mobility, millions of Americans turned to the lottery as their only chance at achieving the American Dream. Gamblers were not the only ones who bet on betting. As voters revolted against higher taxes in the late twentieth century, states saw legalized gambling as a panacea, a way of generating a new source of revenue without cutting public services or raising taxes. Even as evidence emerged that lotteries only provided a small percentage of state revenue, and even as data mounted about their appeal to the poor, states kept passing them and kept adding new games, desperate for their longshot gamble to pay off. Alongside stories of lottery winners and losers, Jonathan Cohen shows how gamblers have used prayer to help them win a jackpot, how states tried to pay for schools with scratch-off tickets, and how lottery advertising has targeted lower income and nonwhite communities.
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Artist: Cohen, Jonathan D.
Publication Name: N/A
Book Title: For a Dollar and a Dream : State Lotteries in Modern America
Original Language: English
Item Length: 6.5 in
Colour: N/A
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 0197604889
Language: English
Item Height: 0.9 in
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Social History
Item Width: 9.3 in
Release Title: For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Intended Audience: Adults
Brand: N/A
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Hardback
EAN: 9780197604885
Illustrator: Yes
Author: Jonathan D. Cohen
Genre: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 272 Pages