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Lottery Sales by State

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For National Lottery Day (July 17) we mapped per capita lottery sales data by state based on U.S. Census Bureau data. In 2023, an average of $321 per capita was spent on lottery games among those living in states that offer a lottery. The map clearly shows an East Coast bias toward lottery spending with not a single state west of the Mississippi exceeding that average.

Of states that have a lottery, Massachusetts ($867) has by far the highest per capita spending, followed by Rhode Island ($543), and Virginia ($504). The lowest spending is in North Dakota ($48), Wyoming ($71), and Montana ($72). One explanation of the high level of spending in Massachusetts may be its ability to draw residents from nearby states with lower prize payouts.