I found this statistic to be the most interesting:
&quot;In 1999, researchers at Duke University reported that American households spent an average of $162 per year on lottery tickets, but low-income households spent $289 and those with less than $10,000 in income spent $597. Higher lottery purchases also were associated with lower educational attainment and ethnic minorities.&quot;<p>I didn&#x27;t find the fact that poorer people were more likely to play surprising but just how much more. Nor would I have guessed that the overall average was anywhere near $162 a year. I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve spend that much on the lottery in my 20+ years of being old enough to play the lottery.