Odds of a Mississippi Lottery still long, but may be improving

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zephbe — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:27:40 GMT

I think the voters need to elect people who will let the voters decide if they want a lottery or not. For a group of legislators to be so arrogant as to not do that is wrong. The casino owners probably contribute to politicians and don't want a lottery for fear of losing money. A lot of people who would play the lottery can't afford to go to casinos and they also are not big donors to politicians. The one thing they do have is a vote.

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Bleudog101 — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:33:52 GMT

and I've got a bridge for sale for Alabama and Mississippi! Embarrassing that here it is the 21st Century and still no lottery. Funny though they both have casinos.

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ronki — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:31:16 GMT

North Carolina has a lottery and they still tax us to death never enough money for them to put in there pockets they say it s going to the schools that is why we got fill the bus with school supplies why teachers have to buy there own supplies but HP get new cars every year

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LottoMetro — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 19:04:15 GMT

Think of the children

Odds of a Mississippi Lottery still long, but may be improving

Lottery Post — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 18:45:45 GMT

Democratic Rep. Alyce Clarke, who has represented Jackson in the Mississippi Legislature since 1985, is persistent.

She has been an author of legislation to create a lottery in Mississippi every session since 2003. This year, as often is the case, she has two bills filed, one to create a lottery after a statewide vote and another to simply enact the lottery after the passage of her legislation.

Clarke believes lottery revenue could be used to fund a college scholarship program as it is in