More Problems at the Lottery
We don’t often post content from The Arkansas Times, but this piece by Lindsey Millar is worth checking out. The lottery’s internal auditor continues to find problems. Click here to read more.
Debit Cards for Lottery Ticket Purchases?
The Baxter Bulletin has an informative article about the current proposal to allow debit cards for lottery ticket purchases. Read it by clicking here, then either leave your thoughts in the comment section below, or let us know what you think on our Facebook page.
Cutting Through the Lottery Spin
If there’s one thing gambling proponents are good at, it’s spinning the facts. “Somebody’s Gonna Win,” is a common slogan stamped on casinos all over America, but there’s another side to that coin: “Almost everyone is going to lose.” How many casinos do you see with that on the marquee? And yet it’s 100% true.
The same goes for state lotteries. On Tuesday, an article appeared in the Paragould Daily Press highlighting a lot of the “pros” of Arkansas’ own lottery (you can see a PDF of the article here). Well, I think there may be a little fact-spinning being done by the folks at the Lottery Commission, and I want to take a moment to be sure everyone gets both sides of the argument.