A new study has revealed the states where Americans spend the most on lottery tickets – Michigan ranks as the ninth most lottery-obsessed state.
The study, conducted by lottery news publication Lottery Geeks, utilized data from the 2023 Lottery Sales Report from the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries.
Using data on each state’s lottery ticket sales and factoring in each state’s population, the study calculated the average resident’s spending on lottery tickets in 2023. Additionally, using data on each state’s total winnings, scaled to population size, the study identified the states where residents also made a notable amount from the lottery.
The study revealed that Rhode Island is the state spending the most on lottery tickets, with residents spending an average of $939 per person on the lottery in 2023. Additionally, between the state’s 1.1 million residents, over one billion dollars was spent in total on lottery games. Rhode Island also made the most money in lottery prizes, with residents receiving an average of $397 each in winnings. So residents got back only about 42% of what they invested in lottery tickets.
In second place, the average Massachusetts resident spent $877 on lottery tickets in 2023, more than $16 per week. Clearly, locals have been feeling lucky over the past year, hoping to win big.
Michigan ranked ninth with an average of $491 per person in 2023. Michigan residents received $128 per person in prizes, the eleventh highest in the country. That means Michigan ticket buyers got back about 26% of what they invested.
Rounding out the top ten, South Dakota residents spent an average of $456 on the lottery in 2023 and received an average of $200 in prizes per person.
On the other end of the scale, the study also revealed which states spend the least on lottery tickets. And in an odd statistic, North Dakota residents spent the least per capita on lottery tickets, while their South Dakota neighbors were # 10 in lottery spending. There was no analysis in the survey to explain the contrast in ‘the Dakota’s’.
As the state least interested in the lottery, North Dakota residents showed a restrained approach to lottery ticket purchases with a conservative spending of just $50 per person across 2023. North Dakotans received an average of just $14 per person in prizes over 2023, indicating a low chance of winning big.
Wyoming followed with a per capita spending of only $76 a year, indicating a similarly cautious attitude toward lottery games.
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