In the News article titled "Perpetuating Poverty: Lotteries Prey on the Poor" reports that poor people spend a larger percentage of their income on government-promoted gambling than do rich people.
On the basis of this information, we can conclude that lotteries function as:

a) An income tax.
b) A progressive tax.
c) A property tax.
d) A regressive tax.

(D) A regressive tax

Explanation:

 According to the given question, the lotteries function is refers as a regressive tax on the basis of given data or information as regressive tax is one of the type of tax that basically describe about the given distributing effect in terms of expenses and earning.

This type of tax basically required the larger portion of the income from the earners and the main purpose of a regression tax is that the marginal rate of the tax become increase. The taxation process also affect the necessary requirements and living standards.  

 Therefore, Option (D) is correct answer.  

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know