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Almost everyone loses Archive For every pound spent on the UK lottery, 45p is returned in prizes, 28p is allocated to the distribution funds, 12p goes straight to the government as tax, 5p is kept by the operators, 5p by the retailers, and 5p is set aside as money to prime the pump of future scratch card games, etc.
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