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Chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data
                                                    enue comes from the instant (scratch-off) games. The rest come from various
                                                    lottery-type games in which players choose a set of numbers and win if a cer-
                                                    tain number of their numbers match those chosen by the lottery.
                                                                        Top Consumer Expenses
                                                              13.7%
                                                                                   33.9%
                                                                                              Housing
                                                        5.6%
                                                                                              Transportation
                                                      5.9%
                                                                                              Food
                                                                                              Insurance/pensions
                                           Figure 6-1:
                                                                                              Healthcare
                                            Pie chart   You can see by the pie chart in Figure 6-2 that 49.3% of the lottery sales rev-  93
                                            showing   11.1%                                   Entertainment
                                          how people                                          Other expenses
                                           in the U.S.
                                           spend their                        17.0%
                                                              12.8%
                                             money.

                                                                    Ohio Lottery Revenue Sources
                                                                3.9%  2.7%
                                                            5.7%
                                                                                               Instant Games
                                                                                               Pick 3
                                                     18.1%
                                                                                               Lotto
                                           Figure 6-2:                                         Pick 4
                                            Pie chart                                          Buckeye 5
                                              break-
                                            ing down                                49.3%      Kicker
                                            a state’s
                                              lottery
                                             revenue.       20.2%












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