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

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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2010 Fiscal Session Kicks Off With 7 Non-Fiscal Bills

The 2010 Fiscal Session of the Arkansas Legislature kicked things off yesterday afternoon with an address from Governor Beebe. But amid the snowfall outside and the handshakes and greetings echoing inside the halls of the Capitol, something else happened that perhaps did not get as much attention: Seven non-budget bills were added to the calendar for consideration.

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