The Arkansas Lottery still leans heavily on expensive scratch-off tickets that sell for $10 or $20 each, according to information on the lottery’s website. On the whole, instant ticket sales make up most of the Arkansas Lottery’s income. For example, the lottery’s financial reports for May show 85% of sales revenue came from instant tickets. […]
Taxpayers Still Subsidize the Arkansas Lottery’s Scholarship Fund
A state budget appropriation measure passed last months serves as a reminder that taxpayers in Arkansas are still heavily subsidizing the Arkansas Lottery’s college scholarship fund. When voters passed the constitutional amendment legalizing the state-run lottery in 2008, Arkansans were promised that lottery ticket sales would generate $100 million per year for college scholarships. Since […]
Arkansas Lottery Still Banking On Expensive Scratch-Off Tickets
Over the years we have written time and again about expensive scratch-off tickets at the Arkansas Lottery — tickets that sell for $10 or $20 apiece instead of $1 or $2. Scratch-off lottery tickets are controversial, because they are associated with problem gambling and gambling addiction. In the past, researchers have compared scratch-off tickets to […]