Washington Gov. orders lottery to return Mercedes

Comment #21

rdgrnr — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:14:25 GMT

Now I'm not saying they should put up a stripper pole in the van or anything of the sort.

It'd all be very wholesome.

Just maybe a little platform in the van so between selling tickets and beer, the lotterygirls could get up and take turns dancing.

In bikinis.

Comment #20

rdgrnr — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:49:30 GMT

Now tiggs I realize that at your age making love is kinda like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

But if you say you don't even like to watch wimmins dance, well, I'm gonna get a little concerned about ya.

Comment #19

tiggs95 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:42:16 GMT

Bless their hearts..Chuga lug chuga lug say hideho..chuga lug chuga lug chuga lug...Maybe the five where teatotlers and not drunks like you ole ridgey pal..Think real hard....

Comment #18

rdgrnr — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:32:50 GMT

Only five? Hah! You flatter me!

And they all said the same thing: Get out Ridge, for the love of decency does not abide in thee.

Well the love of decency must have abided in all them houses I bought cuz they all kept one

Comment #17

tiggs95 — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:09:00 GMT

Everyone listens nto a five time loser..Carry on ridge carry on..

Comment #16

rdgrnr — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:27:44 GMT

Nah, everybody likes to see broads dancin, even other broads.

And I'd bet the segment of men and wimmins who like to see broads dancin buy a lot more lottery tickets than the stick-in-the-mud types who don't like to see broads dance.

And you don't want any men in the van either, that's a turnoff. People want broads in the van just like they prefer barmaids over bartenders, it's just natural.

Comment #15

HaveABall — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:25:36 GMT

Probably a bad idea, as such dancing would turn 51%+ of the lottery ticket purchasers off.

However, the weekend, domestic-made, van attendants should probably be, attractive, middle-aged, outgoing, efficient, and courteous, ... team composed of one woman and one man.

Comment #14

rdgrnr — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:32:28 GMT

That musta been the van at the Bristol Rythm Roots Fest last year where I got all the Chinese junk trinkets that advertised the Va Lottery. The van didn't seem to attract much attention, half the time the 3 broads were looking pretty bored with nothing to do. I went up and bought a couple tickets (both losers) and they gave me a pile of junk Chinese trinkets.

The broads were nice and friendly and everything but they should probably hire younger broads instead of letting the lottery execs wive... [ More ]

Comment #13

imagine — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:35:28 GMT

A lot of people missed the lottery's point.

They modeled this after the Virginia van. Submitted everything.

Mercedes changed the emblems on the van.

Mercedes was the parent company all along. If they had got approval last year, the same van would say dodge.

They didn't do anything wrong.

Comment #12

louise black — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:30:10 GMT

You are absolutely right.

Comment #11

CLETU$ — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:15:28 GMT

You have completly missed the point.Nobody really cares if the Washington state lottery uses a van to promote the lottery.What they object to is buying a foreign made van at a $49,000 price tag and then retrofitting the van to the tune of $95,000.There are MILLIONS of Americans out of work and the Washington lottery nitwits spend $49,000 on a MERCEDES van when a Ford van would do just as well for less than 1/2 the price.It's the government spending money foolishly again,or should I say STILL.If... [ More ]

Comment #10

joshuacloak — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:58:17 GMT

15 mins passed, so could not update my post

to make a even bigger point

if i was a ceo, and was given millions per year to market the lottery with

know what i buy, and really piss you off?

a freaking blimp, think the goodyear blimp you see hangin around football

i have this thing fly over ever major public event in the state, displaying powerball, mega millions amounts too!

it be know as Lottery Blimp!

now sure it cost a ton, but if works for goodyear it work for lottery mar... [ More ]

Comment #9

joshuacloak — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:19:31 GMT

its called marketing budget sully , what do you think radio vans are doing. joy riding around?

its to promote their station ofc

go stay pissed off at Hoosier Lottery admits new office too lavish , thousand dollars for mirrors, ya now thats whims and wants, a van used not to joy ride around the state, but to promote their lottery, is a valid use of money

i guest you don't take issue with millions spent on bill boards, on tv ad marketing, but god forbid they have a lottery vec... [ More ]

Comment #8

sully16 — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:05:32 GMT

Radio stations are private sector businesses they can do what they want with their money, the lotteries are government run and the wages, pensions, lunches, travel perks, credit cards, pens, pencils, paper, sticky notes, are paid for with tax dollars.

Now even though most lotteries are self supporting, thats not the way it's structured, the people who work for the lotteries are state employees and it's not okay for them to spend tax dollars on whims and wants.

Comment #7

bigdsing — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:56:06 GMT

The state should have a raffle/scratch ticket for the van. I would buy 5 tickets for a buck ea. (provided the proceeds pay the cost of the van). It would

be a good promotion for the lottery for x-mas. Washington already has small suv's used by service reps and they are butt ugly. Tacoma Toyota would have

be the correct choice. Money green with plenty of umbrellas and starbucks logo. Add another game Washington ! Pick 4 ! Pick 4 !

Besides everyone knows I-5 is a sea of used Honda... [ More ]

Comment #6

joshuacloak — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:43:55 GMT

its called marketing budget. radio stations have Radio vans that go place to place, why not lottery.

their none thing wrong with this, hell i take more of a issue with million buck plus crap tv ads as a biger waste! in marketing budget then i do a van at lest.

Comment #5

maringoman — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:32:30 GMT

This is so embarrasing. Maybe the governor wants to put his face a little in the media so he decides to do/undo this. I thought the idea of buying tickets from a van is a little exciting. I sure would have bought some if it happened to pass by Tacoma, where I visit once in a while.

Comment #4

Phoenix1017 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:33:06 GMT

I really didn't know what was so bad about it either. I thought it was a neat idea. I like the idea of lotto mobile . I think it's amusing.

Texas Lottery doesn't do too much neat stuff like that. Not that I know of anyhow.

Comment #3

hearsetrax — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:54:13 GMT

lol I tink if they had bought the dodge and or freightliner version ...

it might've slipped under the radar

Comment #2

dpoly1 — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:53:47 GMT

Why would anyone have to apologize for driving a Mercedes!

Oh .......... because the Greed of Envy crowd would whine ........ even without the cheeze !!!

Ima gonna win Powermillions

Comment #1

TnTicketlosers — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:57:30 GMT

When they start treating their players right they wouldnt have to worry about sales getting soft.....Hey all states Lotterys take lessons from Georgia,I wish she ran all of them.

Washington Gov. orders lottery to return Mercedes

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:46:45 GMT

Plans for a lottery promotion van in Washington have been scratched after Gov. Chris Gregoire ordered the the state lottery to take the Mercedes-Benz back to the dealer.

The lottery had big plans for the new lotto mobile, and planned to model it after a van used by Virginia to promote its state lottery.

(See $49,000 Mercedes is Washington Lottery's marketing tool, Lottery Post, Oct. 3, 2011.)

State lottery officials planned to drive the van to events across the state to boost sales of l... [ More ]