FINANCE
Americans spent $66.5 billion on lottery tickets
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of % 1 eir h t all ding , n l spe lcoho1 of $ a to bout 100
in 2011...
$66.5 billion
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...an increase of nearly 10% on the year before.
CROWDFUNDING IN A NUTSHELL: CROWDFUNDING IS THE PRACTICE OF FUNDING A PROJECT OR VENTURE BY RAISING MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, TYPICALLY VIA THE INTERNET. Since 2009: KICKSTARTER has become the market leader in the Crowdfunding sector. Here’s why…
$1,611,799,674
total funds pledged to Kickstarter projects
SOURCE: KICKSTARTER
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SOURCE: CNN
80,956
Successfully funded projects
8,230,109
Total backers
Dialogue | Jun/Aug 2015