Comment by dugmartsch on 02/08/2023 at 17:07 UTC

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View submission: Lottery based Savings company "Yotta" Founder repeatedly refuses to answer transparency questions, redditors are not amused

In 2021, Americans spent $105 billion on lottery tickets. That is more than the total spending on music, books, sports teams, movies, and video games, combined.

I mean, this is obviously wrong. Gaming in the US is huge. The mobile gaming market alone is close to 100bln.

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Comment by Koketa13 at 02/08/2023 at 18:59 UTC

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According to this its 56 billion including the mobile market: https://www.theesa.com/news/u-s-consumer-video-game-spending-totaled-56-6-billion-in-2022/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%2C%20JAN.,ESA)%20and%20The%20NPD%20Group[1].

1: https://www.theesa.com/news/u-s-consumer-video-game-spending-totaled-56-6-billion-in-2022/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%2C%20JAN.,ESA)%20and%20The%20NPD%20Group