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<p>&#8220;Illuminating&#8230;pithy&#8230;poignant&#8230;a richly informed account.&#8221; &#8212;Wall Street Journal <p>&nbsp;<p>&#8220;Although the book is a fairly short read, it is also a pleasure: a non-polemical, fact-filled encounter with a kaleidoscopic view of the lottery&#8230;a very strong book.&#8221; &#8212;San Francisco Chronicle <p>&nbsp;<p>&#8220;Sweeney compellingly maps the seedy history of this American pastime.&#8221;&#8212; Mother Jones <p>&nbsp;<p>&#8220; The Lottery Wars is a cool, necessary, entertaining eye-opener. Despite&nbsp;what some preachers and politicians would have us believe, gambling has been integral to American progress since before the founding fathers were born.&nbsp;Beginning at Jamestown in 1612, Matthew Sweeney brings us right up to Powerball payouts and politics,&nbsp;helping us understand who we are.&#8221;&#8212;James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street <p> &nbsp;<p>&#8220;Short of throwing money from the backs of trains, lotteries

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Matthew Sweeney is a journalist who has written for both the New York Times and the New York Post. He lives in Brooklyn.

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