Maine residents on public assistance have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lottery tickets — enough to win more than $22 million in prizes between 2010 and 2014, including eight jackpots worth at least $500,000 each.
The data on winnings comes from a state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) memo obtained under Maine’s open records act. The agency cross-referenced a list of people who had won a ...
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