The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission | Arkansas faces lottery battle, other moral, ethical issues | Comments

Comment 1

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:41:42 CST

I saw how this happened in Texas. It was a bad deal. The ad agency put the billboards up in Spanish right in Spanish neighborhoods to lure the poorest people in the state to play the lotto.
People and kids went hungy as gambling is like a narcotic drug to a drug addict.

It looks good....fun and promises what life would be like to be ‘RICH!’

The chances of winning are less than that of being struck by lightening by 10 thousand.

The only people who will benefit is local already publically held Corporate Media.

WE have enough gambling...close enough to us without having it in our local stores.

sincerely.

Dave Wrinkle
54 Blue Mountain Drive
Maumelle. Arkansas

Comment 2

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:36:04 CST

I just moved here from Fl and played about $5.00 a week on the lotto. Sure my odds aren’t that great of winning, but so what! Its just a fun ,inexpensive form of entertainment. Addictive people are going to do what they will if they are gambling addicted. How about horse racing in Hot Springs? Come on Arkansas, get with the program. Let people make up their own minds like they are “allowed”
to in most other states. Once again the religious right (who has plenty of closet gamblers) imposes their beliefs upon others and denies our constitutional rights of freedom of choice.

Comment 3

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:15:01 CST

I am all about funding for education. Nevada has proved that this can work because they have some of the best schools in the nation. But, my problem is, the way I understand it is that this will go to fund scholarships for higher education. What about funding THE ROAD to higher education. A lot of good those scholarships are going to do to all those kids who don’t make it to graduation. All those children who don’t have an affluent background whose parents work two jobs and don’t have time to engage their child’s education with enrichment activities. The kids who can’t afford a compass, protractor, $100 calculator, lunch… That’s where the problem is! For those of you who don’t know how financial aid works for college, WE GET PAID TO GO ALREADY! So much money is handed out in excess aid checks. There is enough scholarship money and federal aid out there. Spend some money on the kids so they can get to the point where they can use it.