Arkansas Lottery Still Falling Short
According to a story by Mike Wickline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Arkansas Lottery Commission “won’t ask the 2013 Legislature to grant it police powers or allow the use of debit cards to buy lottery tickets.” This comes after lottery officials could not find enough support from state legislators or Governor Beebe for the proposals. When these issues first came up, we provided some commentary on them, which you can read here, here, and here. We have opposed the lottery receiving police powers or accepting ticket purchases via debit cards. This news is a very welcome development. There is other lottery news, however, that shows that Arkansas’ lottery still suffers from some entrenched bad habits and misplaced priorities.