The latest numbers are in, and it appears that residents of Western North Carolina don’t much play the numbers — the N.C. Education Lottery numbers, that is.

Madison County trails the state, with residents anteing up only $21 apiece since tickets went on sale last March. Buncombe, Graham, Polk, Yancey and Clay counties were also near the bottom of the betting barrel. By comparison, Nash Countians have gambled $166 each in the same time period. State Rep. Ray Rapp told the Asheville Citizen-Times that “Folks in rural areas tend to be a little more conservative with their money.”