Lottery expected profit per ticket

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One state lottery has 500 prizes of $1, 75 prizes of $15, 15 prizes of $100, 5 prizes of $450, 2 prizes of $1225, and 1 prize of 2500. Assume that 28,000 lottery tickets are issues and sold for $1. What is the lottery's expected profit per ticket?

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