Abolishing the Arkansas Lottery: Part 1
Over the past few weeks, we’ve focused considerably on how poorly managed the Arkansas Lottery is. We’ve talked about the lack of accountability at the Lottery Commission; the Legislative Oversight Committee’s toothlessness in being able to provide any actually oversight; and even the Lottery Director’s move to award comp time to himself and some high-paid employees who do not qualify for it. However, even though there are more than enough problems with the Arkansas Lottery, I don’t want to lose focus of one very important fact: We shouldn’t have a lottery in Arkansas to begin with.