The New Hampshire Lottery is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week.
In 1964, New Hampshire became the first state in the 20th century to offer a lottery. Since then, 39 other states have followed New Hampshire's lead. State lottery officials like to point out, since it began, the games have generated about 860 million dollars for education. But as New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports, there's a lot more to the lottery than paying for schools.
