MONEYMassachusetts, Rhode Island, New York among states that spend most on the lottery24/7 Wall StreetAmericans spent $71.8 billion on lottery tickets in 2017, about $285 per adult. 24/7 Wall St. analyzed census data to identify which states spend the most on the lottery and how much the average adult spends on the lottery in every in state.Tim Boyle / Getty Images1. Alabama*• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $49,861 (6th lowest)*No state lottery.Jacqueline Nix / Getty Images2. Alaska*• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $74,346 (8th highest)*No state lottery.Urbanglimpses / Getty Images3. Arizona• Lottery spending per adult: $150.79 (14th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $811.8 million (22nd highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $557.4 million ($103.55 per adult)• Median household income: $59,246 (24th lowest)Dreamframer / Getty Images4. Arkansas• Lottery spending per adult: $184.61 (16th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $423.8 million (14th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $306.4 million ($133.47 per adult)• Median household income: $47,062 (3rd lowest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images5. California• Lottery spending per adult: $204.52 (17th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $6.2 billion (2nd highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $4.0 billion ($130.04 per adult)• Median household income: $75,277 (6th highest)Choness / Getty Images6. Colorado• Lottery spending per adult: $118.44 (9th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $514.6 million (18th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $341.5 million ($78.60 per adult)• Median household income: $71,953 (11th highest)Milehightraveler / Getty Images7. Connecticut• Lottery spending per adult: $403.48 (9th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.1 billion (18th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $756.3 million ($265.75 per adult)• Median household income: $76,348 (5th highest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images8. Delaware• Lottery spending per adult: $607.34 (3rd highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $460.1 million (16th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $135.0 million ($178.13 per adult)• Median household income: $64,805 (16th highest)Ultima_Gaina / Getty Images9. Florida• Lottery spending per adult: $346.73 (13th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $5.8 billion (3rd highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $4.0 billion ($238.13 per adult)• Median household income: $55,462 (14th lowest)Meinzahn / IStock10. Georgia• Lottery spending per adult: $507.46 (5th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $4.0 billion (6th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $2.7 billion ($345.88 per adult)• Median household income: $58,756 (23rd lowest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images11. Hawaii• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $80,212 (3rd highest)YinYang / Getty Images12. Idaho• Lottery spending per adult: $173.90 (15th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $221.5 million (9th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $160.3 million ($125.86 per adult)• Median household income: $55,583 (15th lowest)Mattalberts / Getty Images13. Illinois• Lottery spending per adult: $287.07 (16th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $2.8 billion (10th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.8 billion ($183.72 per adult)• Median household income: $65,030 (15th highest)Lhongfoto / Getty Images14. Indiana• Lottery spending per adult: $222.19 (18th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.1 billion (19th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $774.4 million ($152.06 per adult)• Median household income: $55,746 (17th lowest)F11photo / Getty Images15. Iowa• Lottery spending per adult: $145.83 (13th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $352.2 million (13th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $215.6 million ($89.27 per adult)• Median household income: $59,955 (25th highest)KudicM / Getty Images16. Kansas• Lottery spending per adult: $110.29 (6th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $242.7 million (10th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $149.7 million ($68.03 per adult)• Median household income: $58,218 (21st lowest)Davel5957 / Getty Images17. Kentucky• Lottery spending per adult: $269.01 (19th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $925.3 million (21st highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $628.8 million ($182.82 per adult)• Median household income: $50,247 (7th lowest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images18. Louisiana• Lottery spending per adult: $120.13 (11th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $429.5 million (15th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $242.9 million ($67.96 per adult)• Median household income: $47,905 (5th lowest)F11photo / Getty Images19. Maine• Lottery spending per adult: $229.56 (21st lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $248.3 million (11th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $171.8 million ($158.79 per adult)• Median household income: $55,602 (16th lowest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images20. Maryland• Lottery spending per adult: $409.77 (8th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.9 billion (13th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.3 billion ($286.88 per adult)• Median household income: $83,242 (the highest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images21. Massachusetts• Lottery spending per adult: $926.71 (the highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $5.1 billion (4th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $3.7 billion ($668.52 per adult)• Median household income: $79,835 (4th highest)DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images22. Michigan• Lottery spending per adult: $387.72 (10th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $3.0 billion (8th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $2.0 billion ($262.52 per adult)• Median household income: $56,697 (20th lowest)Pawel.gaul / Getty Images23. Minnesota• Lottery spending per adult: $120.13 (10th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $514.0 million (17th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $351.7 million ($82.19 per adult)• Median household income: $70,315 (13th highest)Scruggelgreen / Getty Images24. Mississippi*• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $44,717 (2nd lowest)*State lottery not in effect in 2017.Damian Entwistle From Nelson, Lancashire, England / Wikimedia Commons25. Missouri• Lottery spending per adult: $267.50 (20th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.3 billion (17th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $932.1 million ($197.23 per adult)• Median household income: $54,478 (12th lowest)JTGrafix / Getty Images26. Montana• Lottery spending per adult: $77.05 (4th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $63.2 million (3rd lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $33.7 million ($41.04 per adult)• Median household income: $55,328 (13th lowest)EJ-J / Getty Images27. Nebraska• Lottery spending per adult: $112.55 (7th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $162.7 million (8th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $101.9 million ($70.50 per adult)• Median household income: $59,566 (25th lowest)DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images28. Nevada*• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $58,646 (22nd lowest)*No state lottery.F11photo / Getty Images29. New Hampshire• Lottery spending per adult: $264.63 (21st highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $287.0 million (12th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $191.8 million ($176.82 per adult)• Median household income: $74,991 (7th highest)DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images30. New Jersey• Lottery spending per adult: $427.65 (6th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $3.0 billion (9th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $2.0 billion ($280.71 per adult)• Median household income: $81,740 (2nd highest)Espiegle / Getty Images31. New Mexico• Lottery spending per adult: $78.86 (5th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $126.0 million (5th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $67.2 million ($42.03 per adult)• Median household income: $47,169 (4th lowest)Muha04 / Getty Images32. New York• Lottery spending per adult: $530.72 (4th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $8.3 billion (the highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $4.6 billion ($295.56 per adult)• Median household income: $67,844 (14th highest)TomasSereda / Getty Images33. North Carolina• Lottery spending per adult: $283.31 (18th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $2.3 billion (12th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.5 billion ($193.50 per adult)• Median household income: $53,855 (11th lowest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images34. North Dakota• Lottery spending per adult: $45.27 (the lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $26.4 million (2nd lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $14.3 million ($24.60 per adult)• Median household income: $63,837 (18th highest)DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images35. Ohio• Lottery spending per adult: $310.93 (14th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $2.8 billion (11th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.9 billion ($210.90 per adult)• Median household income: $56,111 (18th lowest)AndreyKrav / Getty Images36. Oklahoma• Lottery spending per adult: $51.02 (2nd lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $151.5 million (6th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $73.3 million ($24.70 per adult)• Median household income: $51,924 (8th lowest)DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images37. Oregon• Lottery spending per adult: $308.15 (15th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.0 billion (20th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $217.2 million ($66.43 per adult)• Median household income: $63,426 (19th highest)Simonkr / Getty Images38. Pennsylvania• Lottery spending per adult: $366.98 (12th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $3.7 billion (7th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $2.6 billion ($255.24 per adult)• Median household income: $60,905 (21st highest)F11photo / Getty Images39. Rhode Island• Lottery spending per adult: $622.50 (2nd highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $530.8 million (19th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $157.0 million ($184.16 per adult)• Median household income: $64,340 (17th highest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images40. South Carolina• Lottery spending per adult: $387.57 (11th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.5 billion (15th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.1 billion ($276.90 per adult)• Median household income: $52,306 (9th lowest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images41. South Dakota• Lottery spending per adult: $232.52 (22nd lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $152.6 million (7th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $28.7 million ($43.78 per adult)• Median household income: $56,274 (19th lowest)JMichl / Getty Images42. Tennessee• Lottery spending per adult: $261.32 (22nd highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.4 billion (16th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $948.3 million ($182.10 per adult)• Median household income: $52,375 (10th lowest)Benedek / Getty Images43. Texas• Lottery spending per adult: $229.29 (20th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $4.8 billion (5th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $3.3 billion ($155.56 per adult)• Median household income: $60,629 (24th highest)SeanPavonePhoto / Getty Images44. Utah*• Lottery spending per adult: N/A• Total lottery ticket sales: N/A• Prize money awarded in 2017: N/A• Median household income: $71,414 (12th highest)*No state lottery.Adventure_Photo / Getty Images45. Vermont• Lottery spending per adult: $227.08 (19th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $114.9 million (4th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $79.6 million ($157.44 per adult)• Median household income: $60,782 (22nd highest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images46. Virginia• Lottery spending per adult: $284.45 (17th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $1.9 billion (14th highest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $1.2 billion ($183.93 per adult)• Median household income: $72,577 (10th highest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images47. Washington• Lottery spending per adult: $116.92 (8th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $673.3 million (22nd lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $499.3 million ($86.70 per adult)• Median household income: $74,073 (9th highest)Aiisha5 / IStock48. West Virginia• Lottery spending per adult: $422.99 (7th highest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $610.1 million (21st lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $512.0 million ($354.92 per adult)• Median household income: $44,097 (the lowest)Sean Pavone / Getty Images49. Wisconsin• Lottery spending per adult: $125.96 (12th lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $568.9 million (20th lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $363.0 million ($80.37 per adult)• Median household income: $60,773 (23rd highest)Ron_Thomas / Getty Images50. Wyoming• Lottery spending per adult: $57.43 (3rd lowest)• Total lottery ticket sales: $25.3 million (the lowest)• Prize money awarded in 2017: $14.5 million ($32.85 per adult)• Median household income: $61,584 (20th highest)Dean_Fikar / Getty Images