Last week Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge rejected a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing casinos in Arkansas. The A.G. called the proposal’s ballot title, “very confusing to the point of being nonsensical.” As far as we can tell, the proposal effectively would have allowed casinos in any municipality with a population greater than 20,000 people. This is not […]
Report: Nearly 50,000 Arkansans Have Gambling Problem
Recently we wrote about the Arkansas Lottery’s financial figures for the month of April, and how the Arkansas Lottery–once again–spent a pathetic percentage of its gross revenue on college scholarships. While the Arkansas Lottery may not be contributing heavily to education, some believe it may be contributing heavily to a serious problem: Gambling addiction. The National Council on […]
Powerball, Gambling, and Moral Failures
John Stonestreet and our friends at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview released an excellent commentary today highlighting the “moral deficit” involved when it comes to Powerball and state lotteries in general. With Powerball fever sweeping the nation, Stonestreet writes, “Now, if all that was happening was a bunch of people throwing away a couple […]