The Proliferation of State Lotteries
The lottery has been around in the US since the early colonial days. But state lotto is a fairly new concept. New Hampshire introduced the first state lottery in 1964, with other states quickly following suit. Lotteries that over the years have expanded into a very large pot of money for state government financing all sorts of things from education to infrastructure to health care.
The Spread of Lotteries Across the States
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States Without Lotteries
According to my knowledge five states at the time of my knowledge do not have state lotteries. These states are:
Alabama: Alabama is one of the few states in the U. S. that does not have a lottery. Alabama has always been opposed to a lottery, even though there have been many attempts to get one passed through, but the state's religious and moral backbone has prevented that.
Alaska: Alaska also lacks a state lottery. That and geographic/populous reasons not to mention other revenues (oil money etc. And so the reason there has not been a state lottery.
Hawaii: Hawaii does not have a state lottery either. The state has very conservative gambling laws and for cultural reasons (and there are many) a lottery has never materialized.
Nevada: LOL. Reno (the gambling capital of the us) doesn't even have state lotto. The casinos are so powerful in the state that they don't even need a lottery, they get all the money they need anyway.
Utah: Utah is the only state in the US where gambling (even lotteries) is completely prohibited. That's mostly because of the religious conservative state. Illinois Lottery
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While nearly every state in the U. S. has a state lottery as a way to bring in money and provide amusement to their people there are a few exceptions. Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah for whatever reason, religious, moral, cultural, economic, have opted to not have a state lottery. Both state laws and attitudes are changing though, and maybe so will the future of state lotteries all over the U. S.