Florida Gov. suggests selling the lottery

Comment #10

psykomo — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:22:16 GMT

????????????..................has Gov. CC put the lottery

on the auction BLOCK ............YET????

I've heard he has a

BIG ONE

on order already.....deliver date (can't tell secret

Comment #9

psykomo — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:10:02 GMT

NEW's^^ FLASH

All lottery player's check-in w/yo Yacht Broker!

50 footer's R going for a fair price $

75 footer's R going for a good price $$

100++footer's thru the ROOF (time to FLIP)$$$$$

LOL on your new jackpot' $$$$$$$$$$

PSYKOMO

Comment #8

psykomo — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:16:36 GMT

certainly not AAALL

WILDLIFE

THE politician's can ALWAY's go to SE' ALICE ...........

Comment #7

psykomo — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:32:31 GMT

THIS is ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

FANTASTIC

and>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AMAZING

PUR psykomo can't even afford a G@@D boat these DAY's because all the republican's

and democrat's are running UP the PRICE of YACHT's all

over the WORLD...............in FLORIDA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>TOO!

have any U people

in the great state of

FLORIDA.........checked out the PRICE of MEGA-YACHT's lately??

REALLY sorry the poor state is having a finance PROBLEM>>

LOL... [ More ]

Comment #6

wizeguy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:22:32 GMT

I hope they choose annuity.

Comment #5

DoubleDown — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:22:32 GMT

To avoid financial problems later in life.

Comment #4

Just6ntlc — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:02:29 GMT

Why did they want to sell the lottery? I hope it's not computerized.

Comment #3

justxploring — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:42:28 GMT

Eeek!! Florida has already lost most of its wildlife. If Alligator Alley is not protected there will be very little undeveloped land left in South Florida. The toll is already $5 to go back forth to Miami or Fort Lauderdale. That's not including the gas and the tolls on the FL Turnpike.

Often privatization means better money management, but at what cost to the public? I actually believed that privatizing medicare was a good thing, because the premiums were so cheap (often zero) and we... [ More ]

Comment #2

Drivedabizness — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:23:22 GMT

Florida is actually a pretty good state to run a case study on this issue.

Several years back, they were allowed to raise payouts and had the expected increase in both sales and overall profit dollars as a result.

This lottery has historically been run very bureaucratically - there is measurable room for efficiency improvements. UNless they have changes, I believe the bulk of lottery proceeds have historically been invested in bonds, not direct expenditures of funds. That may hav... [ More ]

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:58:45 GMT

Uh oh.. Can RNG be right around the corner

Florida Gov. suggests selling the lottery

Lottery Post — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:23:59 GMT

Selling the state's lottery and some of its highways, such as Alligator Alley, to private companies may help solve Florida's financial dilemma, Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday.

Crist said he wants lottery and transportation officials to examine the potential of going private but cautioned that doesn't mean he's sold on the idea.

I don't know if it's good or bad at this point, but I think it's important to continue to be innovative, Crist said. It's merely an idea. It's not something I'm... [ More ]