Why states like S. Carolina, New Jersey and Iowa ban lottery ticket purchases with credit cards
“Playing the lottery is a vice for many Americans, with the most frequent players and biggest spenders coming from U.S. households in the lowest income brackets, a Bankrate.com survey found. Twenty-eight percent of U.S. households with annual incomes below $30,000 play the lottery at least once a week, versus just 18 percent of American households that earn $75,000 or more.”