Kentucky Lottery finally able to advertise where the money goes

Comment #11

Coin Toss — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:54:07 GMT

Yeah, true Stack47.

For those of us who went to the boats from Nevada, we couldn't believe people would pay for a boarding pass and stand in line so they could go gamble.

Comment #10

Stack47 — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:49:50 GMT

My point with the river boat casinos was about the hypocrisy of pretending people were gambling while cruising down a river. Casino Windsor had a casino boat docked on the Detroit River with plans on cruising the river in the Summer months, but never did because of the delays in their new building; they needed the extra business.

It sounds odd that one state would create a law prohibiting advertising where the revenue was spent, but KY did. In a way maybe it's better not to advertise the prof... [ More ]

Comment #9

Coin Toss — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 18:28:31 GMT

Since then many of the river boat casinos have pulled out the engines and don't sail anymore.

River boat casinos came about because of the Indian Gaming Act of 1987.

Once it became a casino, the (now defunct) Admiral in St Louis never did sail.

As for 'education', how much of the lottery money that went into it stayed in it? Illinois and Missouri both make the same claims about lottery money and schools yet they have some really impoverished schools, lay off teachers often, eli... [ More ]

Comment #8

sully16 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:12:54 GMT

Yep, sick of pie charts, I would like a bigger break down in Michigan.

Comment #7

Stack47 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:42:42 GMT

But at least they finally are gonna release the info ( that they should have released years ago )

The KY Lottery always has released an annual report, but couldn't advertise where the profits went. Did you notice the TV ad at the bottom of the article; that's what the KY Lottery couldn't do for 25 years.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:28:15 GMT

It was a compromise because there were lots of groups against having a state lottery. It was similar type of hypocrisy as the Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana casino legislation; just not as silly. The casinos had to be on boats and the boats had to be on water even if it was in a moat. I was on the Hollywood casino boat when they started engines, untied the moorings, and backed up ten feet because the law the boats must operational. They even issued boarding passes on boats going nowhere and the... [ More ]

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 05:08:39 GMT

MillionsWanted,

You got that right!

From the OP:

For the first time in its 25 year history, the Kentucky Lottery is advertising where proceeds from the sale of its games are spent.

This has never happened before because, until recently, it would've been against the law.

A little insight into Kentucky. Consider wet and dry counties regarding booze. In the dry counties there are more moonshiners. Distilling and selling illegal booze (no tax) isn't really what has t... [ More ]

Comment #4

MillionsWanted — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:12:12 GMT

That was a strange law.

Comment #3

Stack47 — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:28:46 GMT

government programs and services shall not be mentioned in advertising or promoting a lottery

That doesn't mean where the lottery profits go is not available to the public, it just means the KY Lottery couldn't use that as an endorsement to play lottery games.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:53:54 GMT

This is not federal taxes where one does not know how or where your money is being used.

Any State lottery operation should be transparent to its residents, in fact it should be demanded of them.

Comment #1

Astekblue — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:37:31 GMT

I read last year ( in the Lexington , Kentucky Herald Leader Newspaper ) where the scholarship money

was way down back then from what it used to be

I posted about that in another Ky. article in the New forum back then

But at least they finally are gonna release the info ( that they should have released years ago

Kentucky Lottery finally able to advertise where the money goes

Lottery Post — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 13:02:49 GMT

Required change in state law

Includes video report

For the first time in its 25 year history, the Kentucky Lottery is advertising where proceeds from the sale of its games are spent.

This has never happened before because, until recently, it would've been against the law.

When the state's General Assembly put together the governing legislation for the Kentucky Lottery back in 1989, a floor amendment was passed which stated, ...government programs and services shall not be mention... [ More ]