Frontline · SEASON 9
Betting on the Lottery
Episode 10 · 1990-11-06
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, ‘Who really wins and who loses?’
Season 9 episodes
1. The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special1990-09-11
2. Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest1990-09-18
3. Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land1990-09-19
4. Decade of Destruction (3): Mountains of Gold1990-09-20
5. Decade of Destruction (4): Chico Mende1990-09-21
6. Global Dumping Ground1990-10-02
7. When Cops Go Bad1990-10-16
8. The Hunt for Howard Marks1990-10-23
9. Broken Minds1990-10-30
10. Betting on the Lottery1990-11-06
11. Springfield Goes to War1990-11-20
12. High Crimes and Misdemeanors1990-11-27
13. The Struggle for South Africa1990-12-11
14. The Spirit of Crazy Horse1990-12-18
15. To the Brink of War1991-01-15
16. Cuba and Cocaine1991-02-05
17. The Man Who Made the Supergun1991-02-12
18. Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev1991-02-19
19. The Mind of Hussein1991-02-26
20. Black America's War1991-04-02
21. War and Peace in Panama1991-04-09
22. The Election Held Hostage1991-04-16
23. Who Pays for Mom and Dad?1991-04-30
24. Innocence Lost1991-05-07
25. The Spy Hunter1991-05-14
26. To the Last Fish1991-05-21
27. The Color of Your Skin1991-06-11
28. The Gates Nomination1991-07-15
