Scratch & Win

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22 Episodes

  1. Part 7: The Dirtiest Race in the Commonwealth

    Published: 3/5/2025

  2. Part 6: The Game Dreams Are Made Of

    Published: 2/26/2025

  3. Part 5: The Cherry Sheets

    Published: 2/19/2025

  4. Part 4: The Last Mafia Boss of Boston

    Published: 2/12/2025

  5. Part 3: Have You Played Your Number?

    Published: 2/5/2025

  6. Part 2: The Lottery Czar

    Published: 1/29/2025

  7. Part 1: The Instant Ticket

    Published: 1/29/2025

  8. Introducing: Scratch & Win

    Published: 1/22/2025

  9. A note from The Big Dig team

    Published: 6/12/2024

  10. Introducing: What Is Owed?

    Published: 2/29/2024

  11. Introducing: Detours from Antiques Roadshow

    Published: 1/29/2024

  12. Introducing: The Frontline Dispatch

    Published: 1/3/2024

  13. Part 9: Hearts and Minds

    Published: 11/15/2023

  14. Part 8: I Want Justice for What Happened

    Published: 11/8/2023

  15. Part 7: The Turnpike Revolt

    Published: 11/1/2023

  16. Part 6: The Up Down Charts

    Published: 10/25/2023

  17. Part 5: Hatchet Man vs. the 800 Pound Gorilla

    Published: 10/18/2023

  18. Part 4: The Double Cross

    Published: 10/11/2023

  19. Part 3: All Politics is Local

    Published: 10/4/2023

  20. Part 2: Unholy Alliance

    Published: 9/27/2023

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Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble, legally at least. We’ve got casinos, sports betting, online poker, keno — but it was all made possible by state lotteries, which brought gambling out of the shadows and into the public square — into the government itself.  “Scratch & Win” follows the unlikely rise of America’s most successful lottery. We begin in 1970s Boston, with state bureaucrats going toe to toe with mafia bookmakers, and each other, as they struggle to launch the state's greatest innovation: the scratch ticket. But the story reaches all the way to the present moment. How do we feel about the gambling industry that lotteries helped summon into being? And should the state be in this business at all?  “Scratch & Win” is made by the Peabody Award-winning team behind “The Big Dig,” produced by GBH News and distributed by PRX. --------------------------- Credits: Host and scriptwriter: Ian Coss Executive Producer: Devin Maverick Robins Producers: Isabel Hibbard and Ian Coss Story Editor: Lacy Roberts Editorial Advisor: Jen McKim Fact Checkers: Ryan Alderman and Isabel Hibbard Scoring and Music Supervision: Ian Coss Graphic Design: Bill Miller Project Manager: Meiqian He