Mass. Rep. says lottery funds should go to areas with highest sales

Lottery Post — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:38:26 GMT

Lynn is one of the Massachusetts State Lottery's sales hotspots.

Yet while Lynn residents spend $85 million a year on tickets and games, the old industrial city gets back just $15 million a year from a Lottery-financed state aid program.

State Rep. Steven Walsh (D-Lynn) said it is this imbalance that drove him to file legislation that could revamp the way Lottery proceeds are doled out to cities and towns.

Walsh's bill calls for a commission to explore whether the current formula used t... [ More ]