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  • Frontline Betting on the Lottery (Season 8, Episode 25)
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    TV Episode | Documentary, News

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Betting on the Lottery (Season 8, Episode 25)
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TV Episode | Documentary, News
Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the ...See moreLottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, 'Who really wins and who loses?' Written by PBS See less
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Marian Marzynski (producer)
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Updated Nov 6, 1990
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Nov 6, 1990 (United States)
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126 wins & 195 nominations

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