A look at the Maine state lottery and a brief history of the origin of the lottery in the US. This program ties in with a recent report by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting examines the effect of Maine's lottery on people who play it.
Guests: John Christie, editor in at The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.
David Just, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.
Kevin Flynn, author of 4 true crime books: "Wicked Intentions," "Our Little Secret," "Legally Dead," and "Notes on a Killing." His most recent book is "American Sweepstakes: How One Small State Bucked the Church, the Feds, and the Mob to Usher in the Lottery Age."
Click here to read the Pine Tree Watchdog series about the Maine lottery.
Click here to visit Kevin Flynn's website.
