Press Kicked Out of Arkansas Lottery Office
Apparently the Arkansas Lottery Commission would rather pick and choose when “freedom of the press” applies to them.
Apparently the Arkansas Lottery Commission would rather pick and choose when “freedom of the press” applies to them.
Members of our staff are delivering the final comments about lottery ticket vending machines to the Lottery Commission this afternoon.
Yesterday, we delivered almost 1,200 comments to the Commission; however, we promised we would accept comments up until this afternoon, and that’s what we’ve done.
About 60 additional comments came into our office between yesterday afternoon and today—most of which were against the machines.
The final comment tally:
1,220 people commented against the machines.
36 people commented in favor of the machines.
Yesterday, Family Council held a press conference about the Arkansas Lottery Commission’s plan to roll out 100 lottery ticket vending machines around the state and the 1,164 comments we received in opposition to the machines.
If you watched the news last night, chances are you saw us. Virtually every member of Central Arkansas’ media was represented at the press conference–all wanting to know what nearly 1,200 Arkansans thought about the lottery vending machines.
We’ve compiled a list of all the major news stories about yesterday’s events. Click on each link below to see the news coverage of your comments being turned in to the Arkansas Lottery Commission: