Georgia Senate Candidate Proposes National Lottery

Comment #9

CASH Only — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 22:11:49 GMT

It's easier to start a national lottery.

Comment #8

DoctorEw220 — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 05:34:49 GMT

a national lottery just plain wouldn't work. remember when an international lottery game was proposed

Comment #7

CASH Only — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:59:50 GMT

NY too.

Comment #6

tg636 — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:35:53 GMT

The problem with proposals like this is that lottery money always ends up not being in addition to tax money, but instead of tax money. It's happened in Massachusetts, and I assume most states with lotteries. Schools should be funded with tax money, period - that's what taxes are for. I find it amazing that taxes funded schools quite well for 200 years, but when lotteries appeared suddenly tax money wasn't enough.

Comment #5

johnph77 — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:06:12 GMT

The problem I have with the proposal is that, if it is ever put into place it'll wind up like the Social Security program. Social Security was established strictly as a retirement program for those who had no company benefits when they reached 65 but over the years the politicians saw the fund as a cash cow to fund their own pet entitlement prgrams. Now that system is threatened. Who is to say that the pols won't rape an education program as well? I promise hasn't, doesn't and won't work, as a... [ More ]

Comment #4

urbossmanpimpin — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:20:44 GMT

i dont think its gon

Comment #3

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 04:08:33 GMT

i don't think a national lottery would work because of a few factors:- Not every state has a lottery, and there are states against lotteries.- The lottery game would probably be controlled by the government, and think of the payouts if the government controlled the game.- Lotteries would have to get it approved by the states, and every state would have to agree with the conditions for it to work.

Comment #2

qutgnt — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 03:35:57 GMT

Yeah how about a National game with a 67% payback percentage! Call it America's Dream Game.

Comment #1

DoctorEw220 — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 02:54:51 GMT

i'm fine with Powerball and Mega Millions thank you very much.

Georgia Senate Candidate Proposes National Lottery

Lottery Post — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 01:04:34 GMT

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Denise Majette proposed a national lottery for education Thursday, saying schools are woefully underfunded and need a boost without raising taxes.A national lottery, Majette said, could add more than $100 billion over 10 years for education. States that currently don't have lotteries could opt out of the national lottery, she said.Details were sketchy on how the program would work, although Majette insisted it would not sap the fund-raising power of state lott... [ More ]