Facing economic troubles at home, and fearing the collapse of their own economy, the CCP has engaged in what one expert calls “debt diplomacy” – getting public and private sector actors indebted to China. This episode explores how the CCP regularly flaunts the law while playing fast and loose with the truth in their financial dealings.
Texans were told the lottery would fund education, but that was a lie. Examine the lottery’s predatory nature, and how the agency that administers the game has a bad habit of going rogue, exposing Texans to more pernicious forms of gambling.
Find out how an international gambling syndicate secured one of the largest jackpots in Texas history and how the lottery commission, the agency tasked with refereeing the lottery, helped.
How are lawmakers, the attorney general, and the governor potentially playing with fire by allowing online lottery ticket sales?
The lottery is engineered to give people hope, but the odds are hopelessly stacked in the state’s favor.
