Lotteries bet on YOUTH
August 3rd, 2014 at 2:44:58 AM
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In an Associated Press article bylined in Raleigh, NC the question of youth and lotteries is discussed.
By KATELYN FERRAL The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Madi Williams, 21, spends her days selling lottery tickets at TAZ’s Supermarket One convenience store in downtown Raleigh. She sees a steady stream of customers daily, but she’s not one of them.
“Everyone who’s above 40 comes in every day and spends like $80 on lottery tickets. It’s ridiculous,” she said. “Never really young people, I’m not interested either and I’ve never thought about why.”
Getting younger adults interested in a 40-year-old industry – where arguably the biggest product innovation was the advent of the scratch card in 1987 – is a challenge for lottery leaders worldwide.
More here from Portland.
By KATELYN FERRAL The Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Madi Williams, 21, spends her days selling lottery tickets at TAZ’s Supermarket One convenience store in downtown Raleigh. She sees a steady stream of customers daily, but she’s not one of them.
“Everyone who’s above 40 comes in every day and spends like $80 on lottery tickets. It’s ridiculous,” she said. “Never really young people, I’m not interested either and I’ve never thought about why.”
Getting younger adults interested in a 40-year-old industry – where arguably the biggest product innovation was the advent of the scratch card in 1987 – is a challenge for lottery leaders worldwide.
More here from Portland.
August 4th, 2014 at 2:56:43 PM
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The 20 year-olds just haven't worked in their dead-end 9-to-5 job long enough. For everyone else, lottery is their $1 escape plan.
August 4th, 2014 at 4:47:46 PM
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Quote: FleaStiffGetting younger adults interested in a 40-year-old industry – where arguably the biggest product innovation was the advent of the scratch card in 1987 – is a challenge for lottery leaders worldwide.
Then Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't the only time-traveling governor of California; George Deukmejian must have done it when the state had scratch tickets in late 1985.
