Indiana Gov. wants to sell lottery

Comment #7

Lotto Czar — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:20:39 GMT

Isn't this one reason why the Government (States) Runs lotteries? To keep it out of Private-illegal hands? Scary thought. Moreover, privatizing public services in gneral for private profit (not revenue) . is just plain wrong.

Comment #6

MADDOG10 — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:53:34 GMT

Oh my, was Monroe Republican Rep. Mike Ripley's reaction to the idea. There are a lot of things I think the private sector can do better, but I'm not sure about this one. Because of the potential for graft it might be better to keep it in government hands.

Oh yes lets keep this in the states hands, so I can continue to get my lunch money and my entertainment expenses check every week..

These cronies are almost as bad as the cronies here in Jersey...

Comment #5

Todd — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:42:49 GMT

Whatever it is you said, I agree.

Comment #4

RJOh — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:51:11 GMT

The governor is a man of big ideas, and I don't think he's afraid to suggest them. I give him great credit for that, Espich said. On the other hand, both the legislature and the public will only accept so many big ideas.

I think someone is confusing big ideas with good ideas . If Indiana wanted to run their lottery like a private lottery, they would have the same payout percentages that the off-shore places claim to pay and would pay the winners in a way that they could avoid paying ta... [ More ]

Comment #3

psykomo — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:15:46 GMT

Others questioned the POSSIBILITY of CORRUPTION????????????

in a privately run LOTTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the Indiana Gov. wants to SELL...........................IT???????????

make a BILLION off THIS broken down USED car, piece of CRAP.

PSYKOMO seye, SELL da SUCKER

REMOVE all of the CORRUPTION LIBILITY from the STATE!!!!!

LOL..........BUYER BEWARE.......USED CAR BEWARE......of JUNK

Comment #2

cps10 — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:52:11 GMT

I think privitization of this type of game would be a little unsettling for me if I were in IN resident. However, if they went back to ball drawings, that would make me feel a little better.

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:30:19 GMT

wish they could go back to ball drawings.i wonder in indiana's case if selling would be a good or bad idea.the lottery there right now is already in shambles with little integrity left.

Indiana Gov. wants to sell lottery

Lottery Post — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:18:06 GMT

As details continued to leak out Wednesday about Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery, reaction from area lawmakers was less than encouraging.

Daniels is expected to unveil the proposal which would likely raise money for higher education at 11 a.m. today.

Wells County Republican Rep. Jeff Espich was briefed on the idea a few weeks ago along with other key lawmakers.

His understanding of the plan was to entice a private entity to run the lottery in exchan... [ More ]