Many dislike Illinois Gov.'s lottery privatization plan

Comment #8

CASH Only — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:44:45 GMT

If Illinois goes private, would it mean computerized drawings? Overall going private doesn't seem so bad. Look at Connecticut.

Comment #7

dvdiva — Sun, 28 May 2006 06:31:30 GMT

If they are going the private route then why not dump the Education dept and give vouchers for schools.

Comment #6

justxploring — Sat, 27 May 2006 19:40:04 GMT

Must have been dreaming. Thought I posted already last night. Anyway, I agree. I am against the state lotteries being run by the private sector. Sure, the government can be corrupt, but at least it's under constant scrutiny and criticism by the watchful eye of the public. I can just see one of the future news articles:

.....The lucky lottery winner of the $80M jackpot wanted to know why he only received a lump sum payment of $100,000. Lottery officials Jeffrey Skilling Kenneth Lay were... [ More ]

Comment #5

bellyache — Fri, 26 May 2006 17:47:56 GMT

I hope this doesn't go through. If it does, we can count on more state participating in this and I think it would be a bad move for private companies to start running our lottery games.

Comment #4

CASH Only — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:43:13 GMT

Look at Connecticut, which AFAIK is only partly run by the state. Connecticut uses balls, and its Classic Lotto is far better than NY Rotto.

Comment #3

Rick G — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:01:05 GMT

CASHonly,

I totally disagree that privatizing would be better for players. What is your rationale for that?

The IL lottery has always been run straight and above board. It is one of the oldest state lotteries and one of the most popular.

We can't count on our state government being honest but the lottery is one thing we can count on being honest.

How is a private company going to do better than that

Comment #2

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 26 May 2006 08:27:14 GMT

i think the players would like that lottery to stay the way it is in illinois.i think most are probably content and wouldn't want it messed with.remember one evil word........indiana.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:26:53 GMT

Privatizing a state lottery seems to be better for players. NY should go this route.

Many dislike Illinois Gov.'s lottery privatization plan

Lottery Post — Thu, 25 May 2006 22:21:00 GMT

A day after Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich unveiled his $10 billion school financing and education reform plan, lawmakers, local school officials and teachers union representatives raised serious reservations, suggesting that key portions of the proposal will face a rocky path.

Virtually every aspect of the agenda from state takeover of failing schools to merit pay for teachers to mandated after-school tutoring has its skeptics and detractors.

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