In Parts 1, 2, and 3 of our series on repealing the Arkansas Lottery, we looked at how little lottery revenue is really going to scholarships; how much economic damage the lottery is causing; and how much social dysfunction the lottery is contributing to. Today, we’re going to end our series by looking at one of the most compelling reasons of all: The fact that it puts the State in the gambling business.
In Parts 1 and 2 of our series on abolishing the Arkansas Lottery, we discussed how the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is not really for scholarships and how economically destructive this state-run lottery really is. Today I want to look at another way the lottery is hurting Arkansas: Social destruction.
In Part 1 of our series about overturning the Arkansas Lottery, we examined how the “lottery for scholarships” we were all promised has really become more of a “lottery for profit,” with scholarships being almost an afterthought than the primary focus of the Arkansas Lottery. Today I want to examine another reason for abolishing the Arkansas Lottery: The economic harm it is causing our state.