Vending Machines Prove No Amount of Gambling is Too Much for Arkansas’ Lottery Commission

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The following is a press release from Family Council.

Today, Family Council criticized the lottery commission’s plan to install up to 100 lottery ticket vending machines in stores across the state.

“This is just another example of Arkansas’ lottery commission trying to institute as much gambling as possible as quickly as possible,” said Family Council President Jerry Cox. “In the last year since the lottery began, Arkansans have been inundated with more gambling than many states saw in the first 5 years of their lotteries.”

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Lottery Proponents Do Funny Math

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This past week, the Lottery Commission announced its suggestion that, seeing as how the lottery had performed over and above expectations, Arkansas’ college students should be awarded $5,000 scholarships if they plan to attend 4-year colleges and $2,500 if they attend 2-year colleges. There’s also been talk about giving additional scholarship money to students already enrolled in college.

At first, the news media couldn’t seem to decide if the $5,000 scholarship was $5,000 per year or $5,000 total. The latest I’ve heard says it’s going to be $5,000 per year—$20,000 over the course of 4 years—but I wouldn’t be surprised if that number changes before it’s all said and done. That’s because I just can’t seem to make all of the Lottery Commission’s math work.

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