State lotteries operate in 43 states. In most of those states, the lottery was approved by a majority vote of the residents in a statewide election. States operate lotteries as a revenue source to finance state services. It is also true that a number of studies show that the state revenue generated by lotteries comes disproportionally from lower-income people – it is a regressive revenue source. Do you think that concern about the incidence of lottery revenue is irrelevant because the lottery was approved by the voters? If you were someone who never (or seldom) intended to buy lottery tickets (not because you are morally opposed to gambling but because you simply do not choose to gamble in this way), how would you have voted on the lottery? What would you consider in making that decision?