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Over the past two decades, state lotteries have nearly doubled in size, driving a multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies.A nationwide invest stanley cup igation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that lottery retailers are dispropor stanley cup tionately clustered in lower-income communities in nearly every state. The investigation s analysis of cellphone location data shows that the people who patronize those stores come from the same kinds of communi stanley cup ties.Once rare, lotteries now operate in all but five U.S. states. Driven by more than a half-billion dollars in annual ad spending, lottery ticket sales have grown from $47 billion to $82 billion since 2005, according to La Fleur s 2022 World Lottery Almanac. In 10 states, lotteries generate more revenue than corporate income taxes. But a key promise of lotteries across the country mdash; that they support education mdash; doesn t hold up, the investigation found. Instead, lotteries often compound inequities by disproportionately benefiting college students and wealthier school districts far from the neighborhoods where most tickets are sold. Poor people are collateral damage to a cause of raising money for what the legislators feel is good purposes hellip; public safety, local schools, said Gregory W. Sullivan, a former Massachusetts inspector general and now research director Nxyh Human remains found in Florida confirmed to be Brian Laundrie
PHILADELPHIA mdash; An 85-year-old woman took on an unconventional duty at her best friendrsquo wedding as she performed the role of flower girl.CBS Philly reported that the two women from Delaware, Dee Cooper and Theresa Whitehead, share a special bond.Well, letrsquo put it this way, Irsquo;m so much more comfortable around young people than old people, Cooper said. Fate formed their unexpected friendship many years ago as Cooper was 48 and Whitehead was 14.We met when we were visiting my brotherrsquo band and her nephew was playing as well, Whitehead explained stanley cup . And I met Dee and I was like, lsquo;oh my gosh.rsquo; I fell in love with her the second I met her. Sharing lifersquo little moments ever since, like yard sales and sleepovers, one of the biggest moments of Whiteheadrsquo life was quickly approaching ndash; her wedding. There was no doubt her yeezy best friend would play a huge role.I met this amazing person that I want to spend the rest of my life with and my next thought was, lsquo;Dee has to be our flower girl,rsquo; Whitehead said.My biggest fear was I wouldnrsquo;t make it to the wedding, Cooper said. She was 84 at the time of wedding, but turned 85 on Nov. 28. Dee Cooper and Theresa Whitehead. CBS Philly adidas samba In early Nov
Over the past two decades, state lotteries have nearly doubled in size, driving a multibillion-dollar wealth transfer from low-income U.S. communities to powerful multinational companies.A nationwide invest stanley cup igation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that lottery retailers are dispropor stanley cup tionately clustered in lower-income communities in nearly every state. The investigation s analysis of cellphone location data shows that the people who patronize those stores come from the same kinds of communi stanley cup ties.Once rare, lotteries now operate in all but five U.S. states. Driven by more than a half-billion dollars in annual ad spending, lottery ticket sales have grown from $47 billion to $82 billion since 2005, according to La Fleur s 2022 World Lottery Almanac. In 10 states, lotteries generate more revenue than corporate income taxes. But a key promise of lotteries across the country mdash; that they support education mdash; doesn t hold up, the investigation found. Instead, lotteries often compound inequities by disproportionately benefiting college students and wealthier school districts far from the neighborhoods where most tickets are sold. Poor people are collateral damage to a cause of raising money for what the legislators feel is good purposes hellip; public safety, local schools, said Gregory W. Sullivan, a former Massachusetts inspector general and now research director Nxyh Human remains found in Florida confirmed to be Brian Laundrie
PHILADELPHIA mdash; An 85-year-old woman took on an unconventional duty at her best friendrsquo wedding as she performed the role of flower girl.CBS Philly reported that the two women from Delaware, Dee Cooper and Theresa Whitehead, share a special bond.Well, letrsquo put it this way, Irsquo;m so much more comfortable around young people than old people, Cooper said. Fate formed their unexpected friendship many years ago as Cooper was 48 and Whitehead was 14.We met when we were visiting my brotherrsquo band and her nephew was playing as well, Whitehead explained stanley cup . And I met Dee and I was like, lsquo;oh my gosh.rsquo; I fell in love with her the second I met her. Sharing lifersquo little moments ever since, like yard sales and sleepovers, one of the biggest moments of Whiteheadrsquo life was quickly approaching ndash; her wedding. There was no doubt her yeezy best friend would play a huge role.I met this amazing person that I want to spend the rest of my life with and my next thought was, lsquo;Dee has to be our flower girl,rsquo; Whitehead said.My biggest fear was I wouldnrsquo;t make it to the wedding, Cooper said. She was 84 at the time of wedding, but turned 85 on Nov. 28. Dee Cooper and Theresa Whitehead. CBS Philly adidas samba In early Nov