Mississippi voters approved a lottery 24 years ago, so where is it?

Comment #14

LottoAce — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:21:14 GMT

another classic tale of a state government ignoring the people.

where has democracy gone

Comment #13

music* — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:02:17 GMT

THRIFTY, You are way ahead of everyone else.

Comment #12

THRIFTY — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:32:54 GMT

Selling lottery tickets through the Internet across states lines, tax free and claiming anonymously would help states with money problems

Comment #11

THRIFTY — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:30:02 GMT

World population is in the billions, millions of people are born every hour

Comment #10

Groppo — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:23:29 GMT

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Music*,

I agree on the How can children go hungry in the USA? , AND how generous as a nation we are.

When there's a crisis that makes it to CNN, I always expect to hear about the USA response.

In fact, I'm sure you remember about the 2004 Indonesian soonamy (spelling, I know :) ), where of million people perished (12/26/2004)

People there were saying: Where is the USA to help?

There is definitely plenty of money, 'out there'.

Comment #9

MaximumMillions — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 23:31:13 GMT

But would the amount of truly new players really offset jackpot fatigue? With all these states already playing, how many people that don't currently play would play if all states offered it?

Maybe Hawai'i would be a big jump, with the citizens and the tourists playing. Mississippi is only 3 million citizen, of which not all are of legal age or want to play.

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:32:28 GMT

Me too, same for Alabama. My reasoning: Lottery fatigue seems to have set in and it takes longer and longer to get some seriously high jackpots. But I wanted kick a gift horse in the mouth; $40 million is fine with me...lol.

Comment #7

THRIFTY — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:31:55 GMT

LOTTERIES TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THE ECONOMY. Lottery players are realizing that true.

A June Gallup survey shows the number of Americans who said they bought a state lottery ticket in the last year is 49 percent. That is down from 57 percent in 1996, despite seven more states allowing lotteries over that period.

The exact reason for the decline in Americans' reports of playing the lottery during the last 13 years is not clear, although gamblers now also have a wider range of gambling... [ More ]

Comment #6

ressuccess — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 21:12:21 GMT

I hope they get a lottery bill going again in Mississippi.

Comment #5

music* — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:16:00 GMT

Thank You for this Post with the Table of States that play the Lottery. Very informative.

I guess that I do not know how anyone, especially children, can go hungry here in the U.S.

There is plenty of food and plenty of money. Most cities have safety nets that help the poor. Americans are very generous. The U.S. is the most generous nation on earth.

After Hurricane Matthew devastated the Southwest part of Haiti, Americans in the military were there the next day to help.

I apologiz... [ More ]

Comment #4

Soledad — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:44:17 GMT

It took Mississippi 148 years to ratify the 13th Ammendment. What do you think

Comment #3

MaximumMillions — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:38:51 GMT

North Dakota

$7,000,000

Compulsive gambling,

Comment #2

Raven62 — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:30:18 GMT

I guess not that many are crossing the border: Louisiana $185,000,000

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:25:25 GMT

Never knew the voters had approved a lottery there. Too bad a group of somebodies didn't file suit to allow what the people want--a lottery. Good luck with this one Mississippi, don't mean to sound cynical but this story is the nail in the coffin for me as far as a lottery goes.

Mississippi voters approved a lottery 24 years ago, so where is it?

Lottery Post — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:05:17 GMT

Every time a Powerball jackpot grows to life-altering levels, Mississippians pour across the state line to buy tickets.

Americans spent $73 billion on lottery tickets last year, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries.

Mississippi voters approved a state lottery back in 1992, but the Legislature never followed up and has voted down all of the dozens of bills introduced to legalize the lottery. In the last session, Rep. Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, sp... [ More ]