Oklahoma Lottery bracing for loss of Arkansas dollars

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LotteryJunkiE99 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:42:16 GMT

OMG, HOW DARE MY REPRESENTATIVES DARE TELL ME WHAT IS MORAL AND WHAT IS NOT.!!

IT'S MY MONEY. AND I'LL SPEND IT HOW I WANT TO!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG.

Oklahoma need not lose anything. If anything, these very Congressmen are MAKING oklahoma lose money out to states that don't limit their games. From what I know our lotter is far from faltering. And its only the religious churches that feed this kind of non-sense to these politicians, and since this is the Bible Belt,... [ More ]

Oklahoma Lottery bracing for loss of Arkansas dollars

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:19:28 GMT

Legislature refuses to consider bill increasing prizes

Oklahoma will be a big loser when Arkansas begins its lottery games, an official said.

The Oklahoma lottery is expected to lose as much as $12 million in sales during the first year Arkansas has its games, said Jim Scroggins, who is the executive director of Oklahoma's lottery.

We estimate, based on prizes claimed by Arkansas residents, that we will, Scroggins said.

That would result in a loss of $3.5 million to $4 million for e... [ More ]