Scratch & Win

Por: GBH News

Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble, legally at least. We’ve got casinos, sports betting, online poker, keno — but it was all made possible by state lotteries, which brought gambling out of the shadows and into the public square — into the government itself. “Scratch & Win” follows the unlikely rise of America’s most successful lottery. We begin in 1970s Boston, with state bureaucrats going toe to toe with mafia bookmakers, and each other, as they struggle to launch the state's greatest innovation: the scratch ticket. But the story reaches all the way to the present moment. How do we feel about the gambling industry that lotteries helped summon into being? And should the state be in this business at all? “Scratch & Win” is made by the Peabody Award-winning team behind “The Big Dig,” produced by GBH News and distributed by PRX.
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Latest episodes of the podcast Scratch & Win

How to sue the government, and win from NPR's Throughline 09/04/2025
Why do some parts of government work better than others? 02/04/2025
Should we be nostalgic for machine politics? 26/03/2025
Why does sports betting feel different? 19/03/2025
The Other Massachusetts Miracle 12/03/2025
The Dirtiest Race in the Commonwealth 05/03/2025
The Game Dreams Are Made Of 26/02/2025
The Cherry Sheets 19/02/2025
The Last Mafia Boss of Boston 12/02/2025
Have You Played Your Number? 05/02/2025
The Lottery Czar 29/01/2025
The Instant Ticket 29/01/2025
Introducing: Scratch & Win 22/01/2025
A note from The Big Dig team 12/06/2024
Hearts and Minds 15/11/2023
I Want Justice for What Happened 08/11/2023
The Turnpike Revolt 01/11/2023
The Up Down Charts 25/10/2023
Hatchet Man vs. the 800 Pound Gorilla 18/10/2023
The Double Cross 11/10/2023
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