Casino Pushes for Rule Change Allowing Statewide Gambling Online

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KFSM reports Saracen Casino in pushing for a rule change that would effectively allow casino-style gambling statewide online.

Under current law, gambling is allowed at Arkansas’ three casinos — Oaklawn, Southland, and Saracen — and sports betting is allowed online via smart phones.

The casino’s proposed rule change reportedly would let people gamble on table games and slots online from anywhere in Arkansas.

Family Council opposes gambling — but online gambling is a particularly serious problem. The rule change could turn smart phones into pocketsize casinos.

Compulsive gamblers could gamble — and lose — 24 hours a day from anywhere in the state. That kind of gambling ruins lives, tears families apart, and hurts communities.

We already have seen how gambling addiction has become a serious problem in our state. Earlier this year the Arkansas Problem Gambling Council announced it has seen a 22% increase in calls for help with problem gambling — driven largely by sports betting.

Legalizing other types of online gambling would simply make these problems worse.

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Calling All Ministers: Join Family Council’s Church Ambassador Network

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Last year Family Council cast a vision for networking with churches and helping them be salt and light in Arkansas’ political process.

Family Council hired Dr. Jim Lagrone to spearhead our Church Ambassador Network. Jim is the former president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, and he has been in ministry for over 40 years. Jim also worked for several years as an independent contractor with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

The Church Ambassador Network’s purpose is not to turn preachers into lobbyists. Church Ambassador is a process that is nonpartisan — not bipartisan, but nonpartisan.

Church Ambassador is not a conservative political organization. It is a nonpartisan ministry.

This is a network that builds relationships between church leaders and our elected leaders regardless of their political leanings, and helps those leaders see the church as a vital resource. 

Email Jim@FamilyCouncil.org to learn more about this vital ministry, or if you are a church leader who wants to get involved, fill out the form below to join today.

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