Media Advisory for Immediate Release from Family Council
Family Council President Jerry Cox is planning to testify before members of the Arkansas Lottery Commission’s Legislative Oversight Committee this afternoon at 1:30 PM in Room 138 of the Arkansas Capitol Building.
Mr. Cox plans to ask committee members to disapprove of the Lottery Commission’s decision to roll out 100 lottery ticket vending machines across Arkansas.
Earlier this week, the Associate Press published an interesting article about who buys most lottery tickets in Arkansas.
The article’s findings confirmed what other states have found to be true of their lotteries: The bulk of lottery players are our fellow citizens who don’t make very much money and are probably playing the lottery more out of desperation than for fun.
You can read the full article here.
There are two very interesting quotes in the article—both made by Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue.
Last December, we told you about a group of ‘freethinkers’ in Little Rock pushing for a secular “Winter Solstice” display next to the Nativity Scene on the Capitol Lawn.
If you’d like to revisit those articles, here they are:
The group won a lawsuit in federal court requiring the State of Arkansas to let them display their ‘Winter Solstice kiosk’ next to the Nativity Scene on the Capitol Lawn every year, and now they’re agreeing to a settlement with the State that includes the State of Arkansas paying the group nearly $26,000 to cover their legal fees, and according to the Associated Press, “permanently enjoins” the State from barring their display.
Here’s the problem: (more…)