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Arkansas Lottery director's benefits in conflict with law?Reply
The entire Federal, State, and Municipal Government Pension Scheme makes my blood boil. Decades ago, civil servants were exactly that, servants of the people. The average private sector worker earned more than the average government employee. Now with all the wrangling and scheming unions have done to enhance the defined benefit plans of government employees combined with the year after year of annual wage increases, the average government employee earns double what an average private sector wor
Feb 9, 2011, 6:37 pm - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

DC Lottery not paying winners during government shutdownReply
The article is wrong. The city government is funded 100 percent by local taxes. The federal government must then give permission to the city to spend its own money. The federal approporiation is a partial reimbursement of the tax money collected by the federal government because the City does not have the right to vote. No where else in the country has to wait for that permission to spend its own money. Everyone always cofuses the city of Washington with the District of Columbia because of
Oct 15, 2013, 8:56 am - ricdalek - Lottery News

CEO of poker site Full Tilt arrestedNews Story
The chief executive of Full Tilt Poker, the beleaguered one-time Web poker giant, was arrested Monday on a plane that had just landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport as the government unveiled new criminal charges against him related to an alleged Ponzi scheme. Ray Bitar, 40 years old, is the most significant person yet to turn himself into the Justice Department's 15-month-long effort to prosecute the three one-time leading online poker companies in the U.S. He pleaded not guilty in
Jul 3, 2012, 11:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

things i have noticedReply
Because the government has no money, the People have money, the government spends our money. By allowing welfare recipients to gamble with their government checks, they are simply doing that gambling with your money and mine. Remember that, the government is nothing without its people.
Jan 28, 2013, 12:54 am - LottoNick56 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Pa. Treasurer considers blocking move to private lottery operatorReply
A clue that government officials do NOT want to stop government waste is when they use government waste as an excuse to do something. You can be sure it is the union pressure not government waste, and certainly not Keno that has this person all suddenly concerned.
Jan 25, 2013, 12:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Are lotteries part of the solution to the crisis in states' budgets?Reply
I think we're basically saying the same thing from two different vantage points. However, I do not believe forcing people to give the government more money is ever the solution. Reasonable taxation that supports the bare necessities is important, but taking away money because the government can do something extra with it is not. The federal government government was strictly created in order to create a nation-wide currency to allow trade between the states, to form treaties with other countr
Jul 22, 2009, 3:10 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Is it immoral to work if you've won enough to not work?Reply
I didn't say I wanted to do something that the government is preventing me from doing. I said some people want a nanny government to hold their hand and tell what, when, and how to do everything in their lives. And there are many, including me,that want government out of our lives, just let us live free. Government's job is to protect citizens from outside forces, armies, and in short, uphold the constitution. The founding fathers never intended for government to become a nanny state. I'll go
Dec 8, 2013, 8:09 pm - rcbbuckeye - Lottery Discussion Forum

Have you ever wondered why many lottery retailers are owned by members of certain racial minorities?Reply
Why do you consider yourself a liberal? What policies do you support or dislike? I would be curious, as you might find that we have more in common than you might assume. 1) Do you believe that individuals should rely on government to provide their basic needs and control every aspect of their lives, or do you believe in individual initiative, freedom and the pursuit of your own dreams? Do you believe that the government knows better than you what is best for you? 2) Do you believe that law
Dec 17, 2010, 12:08 am - CarHauler - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

Feds freeze online poker champ's winningsReply
The united states federal government is a government in name only. These guys and gals are leading the American poulation down the path to total economic destruction. This government does NOT produce ANYTHING of VALUE and they intend to take EVERYTHING of VALUE owned by the American people. This country has been in the hands of the worldwide corporate rulers since 1913 and the country will continue to remain in said hands until it is officially a banana republic. As for gambling winnings being c
Jun 12, 2009, 12:15 pm - Big Hitter - Lottery News

TX Lottery Employee Fired After.....Reply
To fire a whistle blower is bad news for them in the long run, unless they have plenty of valid documented reasons for the firing! The Government doesn't favor any company firing a whistler blower without a valid reason other than just to fire a snitch! The Texas lottery could be facing something worse than a bad public image if that person does decide to challenge their firing in a court of law with the government acting as their lawyer! Remember, once they file the wrongful firing with the l
Nov 5, 2005, 11:34 pm - BaristaExpress - Lottery Discussion Forum