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Atul Amin sells Powerball tickets at his news stand in Philadelphia. The scores of losing players in this week’s $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich, they also helped fund a small but increasingly important part of their states’ budgets. In all, about $20 billion out of the roughly $70 billion in overall annual lottery revenues is used by states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Atul Amin sells Powerball tickets at his news stand in Philadelphia. The scores of losing players in this week’s $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich, they also helped fund a small but increasingly important part of their states’ budgets. In all, about $20 billion out of the roughly $70 billion in overall annual lottery revenues is used by states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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