Lottery revenues account for a small fraction of state budgets. In South Carolina, about one in three adults plays the lottery. The average number of times per month is one to three. The most frequent players are high-school educated, middle-aged men in the middle economic strata. They spend an average of $7.90 per ticket, which is about two percent higher than the national average.
Lottery revenues make up a small portion of state budgets
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