Mississippi lottery board adopts rules on ethics and records

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Stack47 — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:13:19 GMT

Tunica County was hurt when Arkansas legalized casino gambling and lost lots of players from Memphis going to Southland Gaming Racing right across the Mississippi River in West Memphis.

One of the Mississippi Lottery's biggest concern is whether or not the DOJ wire act interpretation might prohibit interstate PB and MM sales and other games played by multiple states. Without those games, that lottery might be DOA before it starts.

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Bleudog101 — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:18:03 GMT

Seems like they are doing a great job and trying to mitigate any problems, especially with soon to be former employees.

BTW Tunica just lost another Casino there closing on 30 JUN 19. The taxes revenues have dropped significantly with another previous Casino closing. Maybe the lottery can help out...time will tell.

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music* — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 20:11:57 GMT

Mississippi was just hammered by tornadoes yesterday. The Lottery could be a ray of sunshine for the citizens to look forward to. Some fantasy to escape reality for a bit of time. God Bless

Mississippi lottery board adopts rules on ethics and records

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:09:24 GMT

The governing board for the upcoming Mississippi Lottery is setting rules for ethics and public records.

It is also taking steps to hire bankers to provide financial services and a person to run day-to-day operations.

Mississippi is one of the last states to create a lottery after legislators voted to do so in August, partly as a way to provide money to pay for roads and bridges.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant nominated the five lottery corporation board members several months ago, and th... [ More ]