N.J. is next state to consider bad election lottery idea

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Badger — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:48:10 GMT

The payout would be financed from several sources, including 20 percent of state lottery winnings that go unclaimed each year $30.6 million in fiscal 2005 voluntary donations and investments of the prize fund.

I bet a lot of that money is from scratch-offs that people threw out, not knowing they had a winner because the games were so confusing.

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Todd — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:05:31 GMT

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rdc137 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:16:16 GMT

Delaware has weekend primaries and fewer people turned out for them than when they were on weekdays.

Are we really apathedic as a society that the government needs to bribe us to exercise our most important constitutional right

N.J. is next state to consider bad election lottery idea

Lottery Post — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:42:55 GMT

By Charles Paolino

Home News Tribune, New Jersey

Who wants to be a millionaire?

That's the question Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan wants to ask potential voters or, at least, that's one way to express the theme of a bill he's proposing in the state Legislature.

Diegnan, a Democrat representing the 18th District, is one of two legislators suggesting that a lottery be held each year on Dec. 31 for a million-dollar prize to be awarded a registered voter who cast a ballot that year in a pri... [ More ]