"How the States' Experiment with Lotteries Has Failed and Why It Affects You and America" online forum on Thurs. Oct. 20th

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Registration Sign-Up Form for "How States' Experiment with Lotteries Has Failed and Why It Affects You" national online forum

Date and Time: Thurs. Oct. 2oth, 2022 at 1pm US eastern time

"How States' Experiment with Lotteries Has Failed and Why It Affects You" is a national online event for reporters, opinion leaders, public officials, and members of our national network interested in learning how state governments' experiment with lotteries has failed and how this failure affects you, your community, and the country, regardless whether you ever buy a single lottery ticket.

The forum will feature national lottery expert Dr. Jonathan Cohen, author of the important new book "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America," and Sean Mussenden, data editor for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and a key figure behind the publication of the 2022 groundbreaking national series on state lotteries, “Mega Billions: The Great Lottery Wealth Transfer." Brief background about each speaker is below.

After registering below, you will receive an email in your inbox with the Zoom link to watch the webinar.

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About the Speakers:

Dr. Jonathan D. Cohen is a program officer at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is the co-editor of All In: The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States and Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen. He received his PhD in history from the University of Virginia. His new book "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America" was published by Oxford University Press and can be purchased here. (Use coupon code AAFLYG6 to receive a 30% discount.)

Sean Mussenden is data editor for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, an investigative reporting unit at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism that partners early-career journalists and veteran journalists at news organizations like the Associated Press, PBS NewsHour and National Public Radio to produce deeply reported investigative stories. He was a key figure in the Howard Center's recently published, “Mega Billions: The great lottery wealth transfer," an in-depth look at lotteries in nearly every state.