Where have all the young gamblers gone? Young math teachers took them every one?

The nation's "education lotteries" may have succeeded too well for the gaming industry, Tony Cartledge suggests:

I'm intrigued by the finding that the 18-24 year age group gambles least of all, and wondered why. Maybe they still remember enough math to understand why playing the lottery is like investing with Bernie Madoff. Maybe it's because they have less disposable income, or dispose more of it on things that lead to more immediate gratification. Maybe it's because they know they can fall back on their parents, and don't yet feel the desperation that fuels gambling by some older adults and makes the lottery such a predator on the poor.

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