Group still trying to undermine Arkansas Lottery

Comment #16

Hermanus104 — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:54:12 GMT

It is not a sin to gamble. It becomes a sin when it begins to consume your life, or you begin to gamble with money that you cannot afford to lose. I am a Christian and I occasionally play the lottery.

Also, why don't these guys consider relocating to Alabama or Mississippi, where there is no state lottery. Mississippi isn't too far away.

Comment #15

sully16 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:01:05 GMT

Was the turnip from Kentucky

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:51:19 GMT

I predict this whole brouhaha will die down when the leader of the movement opposing the lottery on moral grounds is caught having sex with a turnip. On video.

It never fails.

He'll then have to do the requisite public apology on TV as he explains: Mistakes were made.

His wife will be at his side.

God, I hope he doesn't bring the turnip.

Comment #13

pumpi76 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:24:55 GMT

not just that: WE DONT LIVE IN HEAVEN OR PARADISE...Have you seen the EARTH FLOATING in SPACE surrounded by never mind i dont even want to COUNT the amount of stars....

We need teens and kids as SMART AS WE CAN GET THEM.....AS SMART AS WE CAN GET THEM...

the only problem is making sure they have a good and evil and christian concept...Because someone TOO SMART with no breaks and doing evil you can imagine....

REST OF THE WORLD ARE YOU LISTENING...

not just that, evil exist and good h... [ More ]

Comment #12

pumpi76 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:02:02 GMT

i agree...well said...

plus i want to quote something:

The machines will check users' ID for their age, but it's real simple for a 15-year-old to find an 18- or 19-year-old that will loan him a driver's license, Cox said.

Lottery officials have said the machines will be monitored to ensure that they are not used by people under 18.

It also, brings about teens geniuses....A teen can play all he/she want the question is can he win [not talking about pick3 and pick4]...The ones that d... [ More ]

Comment #11

Stack47 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:27:41 GMT

Or the eldest family member could simply sign the back of the ticket, have it validated, collect the winnings, and give the money to the younger.

Either way it's still illegal for anyone under 18 to buy a lottery ticket and offering scenarios of how they could collect the winnings just adds fuel for the group trying to undermine the lottery.

That's one increasingly joyful family working, spending, and investing money together (safely and hopefully equally) -- honest part time daily work f... [ More ]

Comment #10

HaveABall — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:21:31 GMT

So, not exactly a moral dilemma! The younger than 18-year-old player would tell their eldest family member(s) about the winning ticket, the next day this family would place the UNSIGNED winning jackpot ticket into a new safety deposit box for 1.9 months, the family would immediately hire an incorporation lawyer to open a family member-only owned corporation or family remainder trust, 1.9 months later the family would file the claim and sign the back of the ticket using the existing corporation's... [ More ]

Comment #9

diamondpalace — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:45:14 GMT

Underage drinking is more problematic than underage lottery players. LOL Focus your campaign against that, as much preventive there is kids will always find ways

Comment #8

barbos — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:02:40 GMT

A group of smart individuals instead of playing lottery is simply asking for donations. Unlike lottery jackpots those donations may not even be taxable.

Comment #7

konane — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:24:58 GMT

If memory serves Georgia had a similar minded group attempting to derail our lottery. Georgia Lottery players were so happy to finally get a lottery everyone ignored them and kept on playing. They eventually gave up.

Comment #6

MADDOG10 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:05:15 GMT

Sounds as though this group are a buch of hypocrites , they don't care about the scholarships, just how the money is raised?

Maybe they should pay for this themselves. Or, maybe LP should donate some tin cups to them...~ Or maybe yet they'll want to change the names of the bathrooms next to:

The watering hole, and the chocolate factory...

Comment #5

sully16 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:46:25 GMT

More goody do gooders telling people how to live their lives. The quickest way to shut them up is to throw their own dirty laundry back in their own faces.

Comment #4

tmead — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:00:08 GMT

This is the utmost form of bigotry and and intolerance. Do people really think it is their concern on how others spend their money

Comment #3

Spare Change — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:56:49 GMT

If people want to blow their money on lottery tickets that's their business. Whatever happened to life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness in this country? What is it with all these groups that think they know best and insist on forcing their beliefs on others

Comment #2

JimmySand9 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:02:35 GMT

Worried about underage players? I'm pretty sure they hate it just as much when adults play.

Comment #1

Tnplayer805 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:35:42 GMT

Geez... Give it up. Students are going to college and bettering their lives. To do away with games would be a major step back for Arkansas' students.

Group still trying to undermine Arkansas Lottery

Lottery Post — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:52:30 GMT

As state higher education officials mail out notices to the first recipients of Arkansas' lottery-funded college scholarships, a group that fought creation of the lottery says it is gearing up to start its anti-lottery campaign anew.

Jerry Cox, executive director of the Christian conservative Family Council, says the group is making the lottery its No. 1 issue for next year's legislative session.

The group has drafted two bills that would impose limits on lottery operations and will push f... [ More ]