Lawmakers Give First Glimpse at the Lottery Plan
For the first time, lawmakers gave us an idea of how Arkansas’ new lottery system may work. The group that’s been hammering out the framework behind closed doors held an open meeting. They walked everyone through a draft bill that would set up the lottery commission and layout the groundwork for the actual gaming.
Convenience store owners are chomping at the bit to start selling these tickets. The draft bill says they’d get 5 percent commission on ticket sales. Casinos and video gambling would not be allowed. But scratch off tickets, drawings, and multi-state games like Megamillions and Powerball would be.
Source: CWArkansas
Date: February 21st, 2009 @ 02:54
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