Lottery Accused Of Systemic Racism After Aggressively Marketing Powerball In Black, Brown And Low Income Communities

Critics are accusing the lottery of “systemic racism” after aggressively marketing itself in poor Black and Brown communities across the country, according to a bombshell CNN report. The piece, published Wednesday, comes just days after the largest Powerball jackpot lottery ticket ever sold in Altadena, California, where one lucky resident took home the massive $2.04 billion grand prize. Lottery Offers Promises Of Quick Wealth To Black, Low-Income Communities Despite Infinitesimal Odds Even though the odds were infinitesimal at only 1 in 292.2 million, researchers tell CNN that state lotteries still aggressively marketed and sold tickets to low-income communities at higher… Read Full Article