Mississippi lottery talk likely to coalesce odd coalition

Comment #5

music* — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 00:19:43 GMT

Bleudog101. We get the leaders we elect. and deserve

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 23:06:44 GMT

Correct, those two states will babble about a lottery for years to come and their residents will continue to cross the border to play elsewhere.

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LottoAce — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 18:04:16 GMT

don't forget Alabama

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haymaker — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:24:40 GMT

Nevada used to be called the Mississippi of the west

I guess now we can call Mississippi the Nevada of the south

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Bleudog101 — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:10:22 GMT

...$1.3 Billion Powerball? Are they asleep @ the wheel in Mississippi? I think the jest of the story is that when it was that high people went in droves across state lines.

OK smart LP members, what other state has railroaded successfully against a lottery due to casino interests

Mississippi lottery talk likely to coalesce odd coalition

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 15:11:31 GMT

Analysis: Natural foes to reunite yet again in opposition to lottery efforts

Nothing puts preachers and their flocks in political cahoots with the state's casino gaming industry barons faster than any serious talk of Mississippi authorizing a state lottery.

Fellow scribe Geoff Pender told us last week in a story about the possible prospects of Mississippi adopting a state lottery that Gov. Phil Bryant is open to a discussion of a state lottery.

The exact quote Pender attributed to Bryan... [ More ]