Jonathan Cohen on the Origins of the State Lottery System in America - Episode 31 - The Side Comment by Oxford Academic (OUP) published on 2022-10-12T21:02:42Z On this episode of The Side Comment, Jonathan D. Cohen introduces introduce us to the history of the daily numbers, a game popular in Black American communities in the 60s and 70s that paved the way for some of the most successful state lotteries to date. Jonathan D. Cohen is a program officer at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is the co-editor of "All In: The Spread of Gambling in Twentieth-Century United States" and "Long Walk Home: Reflections on Bruce Springsteen." He received his PhD in history from the University of Virginia. https://www.jonathandcohen.com Learn more about "For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America" here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/for-a-dollar-and-a-dream-9780197604885 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgXZEpLOleY The Side Comment Crew: Executive Producer: Steven Filippi Host: Sarah Butcher Music: Filaments by Podington Bear is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Inspiring/Filaments © Oxford University Press Genre Learning
