Sale of Illinois Lottery could start a trend

Comment #7

CASH Only — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:42:34 GMT

Connecticut has gone somewhat private with its lottery. The Connecticut Lottery is much better for the player than NY.

Comment #6

bellyache — Mon, 29 May 2006 18:34:49 GMT

I believe that if privatizing begins it will be a disaster. I think school funding and the players are the ones who will get the shaft. And the private organizations and politicans will get their pockets lined.

Comment #5

bobby jones — Mon, 29 May 2006 12:34:49 GMT

i live in Illinois and they don't use the extra money now for schools.the school thing is a smoke screen.the fat cats just want to line there pockets with more dough.Illinois like other states i am sure has millions of dollars in lottery wins that are never claimed,they dont put that money in another jackpot after 12 months.it goes into the politicians pockets.

Comment #4

luckieStarr — Sat, 27 May 2006 11:29:52 GMT

That's too funny...I would NEVER play a private lottery...who would ever win

Comment #3

justxploring — Sat, 27 May 2006 08:56:01 GMT

Very simply - I am against privatizing any state lottery.

Comment #2

CASH Only — Fri, 26 May 2006 13:47:54 GMT

Did you see that an annuity would be funded if Illinois goes private? That would be OK as long as no lottery winners are forced to receive periodic payments.

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 26 May 2006 02:19:47 GMT

hell no!!!!!!!

lets hope this doesn't happen.it will be just like indiana before its all over with.....

Sale of Illinois Lottery could start a trend

Lottery Post — Fri, 26 May 2006 01:48:00 GMT

If Illinois privatizes its lottery system, investors and public officials in other states will closely watch the groundbreaking move with an eye toward repeating it, a gaming industry leader predicted Wednesday.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat running for a second term in November, announced Tuesday a proposal to sell off or lease the state's lottery system to private investors in order to bolster school funding. He said the state could get $10 billion out of the deal and use the money to fu... [ More ]