State records show that since Jan. 1 the Watertown man has won more than $1.8 million from lottery retailers all around Massachusetts — with most of his riches coming from scratch tickets revealing $1,000 prizes. Jaafar is on track to be the winningest lotto player in Massachusetts for a third consecutive year, and nothing yet seems to be getting in his way when it comes to winning.
Project: Gaming the Lottery
An unprecedented international investigation into the global lottery industry. It involves close to 40 people from 10 countries working in journalism and civic tech organizations in Africa, Europe and the United States.
Gaming the Lottery
See How Much Money Your Town Or City Gives, And Gets From, The Lottery
Every year, about a fifth of the revenue the Massachusetts State Lottery collects from those who play is handed out to the state’s 351 towns and cities. While more than 300 of those communities are home to convenience stores, bars or other places where people can buy lottery products, about 40 towns — mostly small, […]
The Massachusetts State Lottery is a major source of local aid for cities and towns, delivering hundreds of millions of dollars annually that communities use to improve public safety, schools and infrastructure. But have a look at our interactive map on the state’s distribution system of lottery funds to cities and towns, and you’ll notice some […]
Following a 2017 PennLive investigation, auditors have raised questions about suspiciously frequent prize claims in South Carolina’s lottery.
Gaming the Lottery
The global lottery industry’s little-known nerve centre
If the global lottery industry is a living organism, a strong argument can be made that its nerve center is Basel, Switzerland.
Gaming the Lottery
Bolivia’s new digital lottery is symptomatic of the nation’s bigger problems
In South America’s poorest nation there are many who could do with a top prize of more than $15,000. However, at a cost of $1.45 per ticket, the chance of a miracle comes in at almost an entire day’s expenses.
GroundUp and Ray Joseph, our regional hub editor in Southern Africa, have endured attacks from multiple sources, with the National Lotteries Commission being by far the earliest and most frequent aggressor.
Gaming the Lottery
The Lottery Industry
Have you bought your lottery ticket? CCIJ’s Jeff Lowenstein tells The Academic Minute that win or lose, it could do more harm than good.