The State should get sued: how i feel..

Reply #20

BobP — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:47:16 GMT

Pumpi76 I believe you make a valid point. If contests and sweepstakes are required to offer an alternative method of entry to avoid the necessity of purchase, then the lottery should also offer citizens a way to play at least one free ticket per drawing.

The state has a monopoly on lottery games, in part because private industry did such a poor job running them a hundred years ago.

They take a dim view of all their competition and like any competitor take any oppertunity to do in their... [ More ]

Reply #19

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Reply #18

Badger — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:16:16 GMT

Native American lands (used to be called reservations ) are Soverign territory acccording to the Fed govt. That means they have their own police forces, courts. laws, govt, etc. Transactions taking place on those lands is not subject to the US Fed rules and laws (hence no taxes on cigarettes where the purchse of them is made on those lands. (i.e. the money changes hands on soverign territory....just as if you purchased something in another country.

However, not all Native American casinos a... [ More ]

Reply #17

truecritic — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:58:58 GMT

When those guys ran things there was no tax on winnings.

Yeah, can't beat that. So the Government shut them down and gave us The Lottery! LOL

Reply #16

pumpi76 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:59:27 GMT

When i say online lotteries i am also referring to private lotteries...

Imagine this: Imagine you live in a state(or country) where the only religion you are allowed to follow is that of the state's/country's religion...And imagine the state were to tell you that you are not allow to start another religion that's beside what the state has...You are not obligated to follow the state's religion but you are prohibited from starting a new or different religion...HOw will you feel? Don't yo... [ More ]

Reply #15

Badger — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:43:36 GMT

Well believe me, I know for a fact that the casinos in my state pay taxes to the state. The state govt makes a point of telling us. The Native American tribes even use it in their commercials, touting how many millions of dollars they put into the economy here each year. Now they may not pay Federal taxes, that I don't know. But they do pay millions each year to the state. And if they do it here, rest assured that other states are not going to let them get away without paying to them.

And al... [ More ]

Reply #14

Coin Toss — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:03:35 GMT

Way before New Hampshire started the lottery, there were independent business men running the lottery the whole time.

Of course, the main game was what is known as as the pick 3 but back then it was called numbers or policy - AHEM!

When those guys ran things there was no tax on winnings.

pumpi

Re: free lotteries.... gambling critics, and some gamblers themselves would see free lotteries and say, See how people are. They want to win a jackpot without even coughing u... [ More ]

Reply #13

truecritic — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:57:56 GMT

This question, while drawing the wrong conclusion, does bring up the issue of Government competing in the private sector. Governments have their own unique way of generating cash, through taxation. Should they also be in business generating profits? Sometimes their services create losses. But isn't that something the Government has no business doing?

This is only one tiny example but one that bothered me when it happened. Plastic trash bags came into existence. You could buy bag... [ More ]

Reply #12

Coin Toss — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:45:24 GMT

They sell cigarettes tax free, isn't that how they get that on

Reply #11

JAG331 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:37:35 GMT

Aren't Native American reservations independent nation-states? As such, they don't operate under federal tax laws. Or did I just make that up

Reply #10

Coin Toss — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:34:27 GMT

Badger

I'm not sure that the Native American casinos pay taxes:

From a blog:

One of the upcoming California ballot initiatives asks whether Indian casinos should be required to pay taxes. Thus far, this extremely profitable $6 billion industry (and that s just here in California) has operated tax-free.

I ve come to the conclusion that native American casinos should pay taxes http://www.rapp.org/archives/2004/04/should_indian_casinos_pay_taxes/pay taxes.

Then there's this... [ More ]

Reply #9

Surge — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:18:05 GMT

The state lottery, a business, has no obligation to fund a free lottery just because you don't want to play theirs.

Sueing the state lottery makes no sense. You want to sue just because you haven't won, and expect something for free

Reply #8

Badger — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:03:36 GMT

They allow the Native American Casinos because those casinos pay millions each year to the state in tax money.

The govt always gets the moolah. They seldom do anything that isn't going to result in more of it for them.

Reply #7

Coin Toss — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:09:31 GMT

Pumpi,

The state lotteries are in business to make money. We, the players, are necessary for a lottery to make money, but the lottery only exists to cater to the players in as much as it needs the players to operate.

The lottery making money comes first, nothing else.

Reply #6

guesser — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:59:25 GMT

I think what I have always thought - that you are nuts.

The 'state' (whatever that is) is not holding a gun to your head, don't play. They are not directly or indirectly forcing you to do anything, just as they don't force you to drink alcohol or smoke.

And how on earth do you fund a 'free' lottery ??

I'd like to be able to gamble on sports, but you can only do that in one or two states, where do I line up to sue someone ?

Sue-sue-sue-sue - someone is responsible....... that's a BIG... [ More ]

Reply #5

MegaWinner — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:03:43 GMT

I hear you. Trust me when I tell you, I know all about gamblers and gambling addictions. I work in a casino! However, don't go running and praising online gambling. Online gambling will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER be fair or true because of hackers and crackers. If this wasn't the case, casino owners would have set up online gambling sites long ago.

Just do a google search and on cheating at online gambling or cheating at online poker and you will see the reason why they are not going... [ More ]

Reply #4

SirMetro — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:51:19 GMT

In my opinion, I believe that this viewpoint is the inherit problem associated with lotteries to begin with. Why, because all said and done, Lotteries is just another form of gambling. And with any form of gambling, it is designed to make the House wealthy. Not the players. Sure, you will get a few random big winners . But the House wins every single time. And if you believe anything else, your bubble is going to be busted. State run lotteries exist for the sole reason of generating revenue. An... [ More ]

Reply #3

LottoBuster — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:21:51 GMT

There's nothing states can do about online lotteries even if they wanted to because federal law bans them. Thanks to Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania it's even illegal to purchase lottery tickets from other states unless you buy them yourself in that state. It's all about money and no state wants you spending it to gamble unless it's with them. I'm surprised they allow Indian casinos.

Reply #2

Badger — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:16:43 GMT

I think you can't tell the people who write the rules how the game should be played.

Reply #1

MegaWinner — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:16:09 GMT

I always thought the point of the lottery was to make people rich overnight and to raise money for the state's schools and old folk's homes. I don't see anything inherently wrong with that. As long as I get a true shot at the jackpot i'm happy.

The State should get sued: how i feel..

pumpi76 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:42:16 GMT

I feel that the state should get sued...Why? Because i feel that since the state is indirectly imposing its lottery on its citizens/players, by not allowing free lotteries, it (the state) should AT LEAST SUPPORT another avenue so that players can play if they choose not to play the state lottery...And since the state doesn't want online lotteries to compete with the state, it should at least support free lotteries (or as i call them free ads lottery)...I know that the state is not coercing no on... [ More ]