While the NY Lottery is a $9.97B dollar industry today, it is often overlooked that the industry was built on the ingenuity of a Black man and the Black community.
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While the NY Lottery is a $9.97B dollar industry today, it is often overlooked that the industry was built on the ingenuity of a Black man and the Black community.