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How a singing state treasurer launched the greatest lottery in the US | Scratch & Win, Part 2
When states got into the gambling business, they wanted the same thing organized crime wanted: money and power. The question now is who in government will get to wield that awesome power? That story begins in 1972, when a power struggle in the Massachusetts State House places the new Lottery in hands of a self-described political rogue: Robert Crane.
We hear from state representatives and senators who were there when the votes were cast, including State Senator Ed Burke and State Representative Marty Linsky. We also hear from Crane’s daughter Mary Lou, and from his longtime friend, the advertising titan Jack Connors, about what made this man such a uniquely powerful figure.
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