Derek Thompson, THE ATLANTIC (The Atlantic) โ This floored me: Americans in the 43 states where lotteries are legal spent $70 billion on lotto games in 2014. Seventy billion? I thought. No, thatโs impossible. Thatโs more than $230 for every man, woman, and child in those statesโor $300 for each adult. But itโs true: According to […]

