{"id":5165,"date":"2012-01-16T10:12:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=5165"},"modified":"2012-01-13T17:12:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T22:12:36","slug":"best-of-stateimpact-why-the-nh-lotterys-revenues-are-down-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/01\/16\/best-of-stateimpact-why-the-nh-lotterys-revenues-are-down-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Of StateImpact:  Why The NH Lottery&#8217;s Revenues Are Down&#8211;And Why It Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5167\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"New Hampshire's coffers aren't exactly overflowing with lottery revenue.  StateImpact delves into why not.\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/01\/3047006771_a9cbf5d2e9.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5167\" title=\"Lottery Money\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/01\/3047006771_a9cbf5d2e9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/01\/3047006771_a9cbf5d2e9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/01\/3047006771_a9cbf5d2e9-220x146.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2012\/01\/3047006771_a9cbf5d2e9.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Lisa Brewster \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Hampshire&#39;s coffers aren&#39;t exactly overflowing with lottery revenue. StateImpact delves into why not.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of our most popular on-going series has been &#8220;Losing The Lotto,&#8221; our continued look at the facts, figures, and people behind the New Hampshire Lottery.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: What The New Hampshire Lottery Pays For\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/10\/24\/what-the-new-hampshire-lottery-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: What The New Hampshire Lottery Pays\u00a0For<\/a>:\u00a0 Our first installment of the series tackles the basics of what you need to know about how the state lotto works and maps its steady revenue decline over the years.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: Where The Revenue Comes From\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/10\/25\/losing-the-lotto-where-the-revenue-comes-from\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: Where The Revenue Comes\u00a0From<\/a>:\u00a0 In this short post, we chart out which games are the big money makers for the state, and explain why.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: Waiting For Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/07\/losing-the-lotto-waiting-for-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: Waiting For Massachusetts<\/a>:\u00a0 A little break from the numbers-crunching, we document our quest to gather usable data from the New Hampshire Lottery&#8217;s arch-rival.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: How A Massachusetts Gas Station Is Eating Into NH\u2019s Education Funding\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/11\/16\/losing-the-lotto-how-a-massachusetts-gas-station-is-eating-into-nhs-education-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: How A Massachusetts Gas Station Is Eating Into NH\u2019s Education Funding<\/a>: We take you out of the realm of charts and graphs and take you to an unlikely gambling wonderland right across (and we <em>do mean <\/em>right across) the border.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/12\/06\/losing-the-lotto-comparing-nhs-lotto-prizes-to-massachusetts\/\" href=\"Losing The Lotto: Comparing NH\u2019s Lotto Prizes To Massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: Comparing NH\u2019s Lotto Prizes To Massachusetts<\/a>: We continue or border store escapades, looking at the issue from the other side of the stateline:\u00a0 the Salem, NH businesses that can&#8217;t unload lotto tickets.\u00a0 And then we use data to explain why.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Losing The Lotto: How Much Would Having Keno Help NH\u2019s Revenues?\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2011\/12\/07\/losing-the-lotto-how-much-would-having-keno-really-help-nhs-revenues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Losing The Lotto: How Much Would Having Keno Help NH\u2019s Revenues?<\/a>: Expanded gaming&#8211;be it adding Keno to the Lottery Commission&#8217;s menu of offerings or opening a full-scale casino&#8211;is a controversial issue in the Granite State.\u00a0 We talk with New Hampshire Lottery Executive Director Charlie McIntyre about the relative merits of Keno, and whether not having the game is actually hurting the state&#8217;s revenues.\u00a0 Then we crunch some numbers to see if he&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Why It Doesn\u2019t Really Matter That Powerball Prices Are Doubling\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/01\/06\/why-it-doesnt-really-matter-that-powerball-prices-are-going-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why It Doesn\u2019t Really Matter That Powerball Prices Are Doubling<\/a>: Although not <em>technically <\/em>part of our &#8220;Losing The Lotto&#8221; series, it&#8217;s a quick that draws on previous reporting and provides some food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our most popular on-going series has been &#8220;Losing The Lotto,&#8221; our continued look at the facts, figures, and people behind the New Hampshire Lottery. 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