The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are astronomical, so any little chance of improving them is welcome. These states ...

The lottery is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands (six states — Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, and Utah — do not have a lottery). In five ...

Since 1964, when New Hampshire became the first to offer a state lottery, 44 states have started their own or joined multi-state jackpots. (Mississippi was the most recent state to add lotto games ...

5 states — Massachusetts, West Virginia, Rhode Island, New York, and Delaware — spend the most on lottery ticket sales at more than $400 per year.

Five states — Utah, Nevada, Hawaii, Alaska and Alabama — do not have a lottery. A mix of reasons have kept them away, including objections from conservatives, concerns about the impact on low ...

The study consisted of 43 states. The seven states not included were Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming because they don’t have their own state lottery.

Which states make the most money from lottery sales? Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 45 states have locally-run lotteries, with differing systems depending on the state.

Map of lottery winners by state. “New Yorkers have a long and lucky history when it comes to the lottery . . . [They] are rightfully excited about the astronomical jackpots of these games, and ...

Lotteries have always been a terrible bet for players, but now they're becoming a dicier gamble for states as well. Data from the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries ...

The following states don’t have lotteries: Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. LendingTree researchers analyzed lottery data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 Annual Survey of State ...