A Conversation for Stockton, California, USA
Lottery
Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Started conversation Jun 23, 2000
As a Southern Californian, I'd never even heard of Stockton until California voted in a state lottery some 10-15 years ago. My parents got caught up with it while it was new, and so we tuned in to The Big Spin every week just like everyone else. Apart from the other sarcastic observation of lottery winners (namely, that they almost never speak English) I also noted that a huge number of them were from Stockton. Were the tickets being printed there, and the winning batches were reserved for the local 7-11s? 
Lottery
ZenMondo Posted Jun 23, 2000
Wowzers, I remember the Big Spin being a big thing when the lottery first started in California. This was before we had Lotto, and the scratcher tickets where the only thing in town.
I think it just comes down to demographics. The lottery appeals most to those who can afford to play the least. Stockton has a large, poor, immigrant population, hence a lot of lottery tickets are sold here.
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Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit Posted Jun 23, 2000
Which explains why the winners from Stockton *also* couldn't speak any English.
"A lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math."
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