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Are Georgia Lottery players the nation's biggest suckers?
If you're from Georgia and you play the lottery, you may be playing a losing game.
From Patch Reports
Are Georgia lottery players bigger suckers than folks in other parts of the country? Could be.
A recent study in Bloomberg showed that Georgians not only play big when it comes to the lottery, they also lose big. This has earned them the title of "biggest suckers" in America. With Friday night the drawing for the half-billion Mega Millions jackpot, Buckhead folks and other Georgians are hoping for the big payoff.
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According to a report in AOL's Daily Finance, Georgia residents spent an average of $470.73 per adult on lottery tickets — or $3.4 billion — over the past year. This number represents 1 percent of Georgian's collective annual income. The payouts however, were not so great — just 62.9 percent.
Even though the odds are long (1 in 175 million), the lure of a half-billion dollar jackpot is sure to bring out a lot of suckers — Georgians and others.
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So do you have your ticket for Friday's Mega Millions? What would you do with half a billion dollars? Tell us in the comments.
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