claim: "rhode island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any other state in the country."
author: eugene mckenna
evidence_1: oct 28, 2012 ... already have a subscription? ... per-capita income in the u.s. fell from $42,539 in  2009 to $41,146 in ... and wyoming — more than half of tax revenue came from  out of state. .... this was higher than most top tax brackets in the country. ... the  state sales tax in rhode island was 7%, the second highest in the ...
evidence_2: "rhode island already gets more revenue per capita from gambling than any  other state in the country." — politifact rhode island on wednesday, december  ...
evidence_3: oct 30, 2014 ... rhode island has been receiving more revenue from gambling per capita than  any other state in the country. ... for the state would only be 16 percent to 18  percent from the table games whereas the state now receives about ...
evidence_4: its lottery far outsells that of any other state in terms of per-capita revenue. ... it's  one of a handful of states where lottery and gambling revenues account for more  than ... gambling has now surpassed corporate income taxes to become the  state's ... and as rhode island has learned, they can stop betting for a whole  variety of ...
evidence_5: may 11, 2015 ... that's more than americans in all 50 states spent on sports tickets, books, ... lotto  games bring in the most money per person in the mid-atlantic and northeast:  number-one rhode island (nearly $800 per capita!), massachusetts, and ... made  another damning discovery: local lottery ticket sales rise with ...