Georgia Gov. to support casino bill if lottery not impacted

Comment #6

LottoYear — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:14:35 GMT

The statement is confusing on purpose because it was made by casino advocates. It is in the interest of the casino industry to pretend that the state can add casino games and increase lottery sales at the same time, which of course isn't true.

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:34:27 GMT

You are correct; however the wording makes no sense. It said STATEWIDE sales went up in the city of Plainville. Don't you think it should have said 23% in lottery sales in Plainville? Maybe they meant to say state lottery officials....etc???

Maybe things have changed back home, but growing up we were all towns unless the population was 50K or greater. (Holliston).

Anyway time for Arizona to win the big win, don't you think? Have a good one fellow LP poster

Comment #4

LottoYear — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:00:57 GMT

I m correct. I re-read several times before posting. The article says, ...statewide lottery sales increased last year by about 23 percent in the city of Plainville, where a new slot parlor opened in June 2015 . Lottery tickets didn t have to be purchased at the casino. In a small town of 8300, new casino visitors buying tickets when they stop for gas would be enough to increase sales by 23%.

I also looked at Massachusetts state sales, which increased by 5% not 23%. The lottery s fiscal y... [ More ]

Comment #3

Bleudog101 — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 15:20:00 GMT

Re-read the article. It said STATEWIDE lottery sales increased 23% since Plainville Casino opened. Ironically, when I visited there, a lottery machine was stashed mostly out of sight by the elevator. Massachusetts lottery sales increase IMO because they are very aggressive and a very good lottery. I read somewhere it is the top in the nation. Of course I'm partial being it is my home state, not Kentucky, and they do have the best subscription service out of ALL lotteries. You cannot beat seven w... [ More ]

Comment #2

adamc224 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:27:43 GMT

Why don't they just set aside funds from the casino profits for Education? Seems easy enough... but we are talking about government here.

Comment #1

LottoYear — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 19:37:28 GMT

We need to be absolutely certain that if a casino bill passes, it doesn't adversely impact a lottery program for the state,

Well, of course casinos will adversely affect the lottery. Gambling operates under the Pareto Principle; 20% percent of the players account for 80% of the revenues. Some of that 20% is going to abandon the lottery for casinos which can offer the skilled player better odds and a higher percentage of payouts.

It is not hard to see how Plainville's lottery sales went up... [ More ]

Georgia Gov. to support casino bill if lottery not impacted

Lottery Post — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:59:43 GMT

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said Tuesday he won't oppose legislation that would legalize casino gambling as long as it doesn't devastate the state's popular lottery-funded HOPE scholarship program.

We need to be absolutely certain that if a casino bill passes, it doesn't adversely impact a lottery program for the state, he said. That is the first big marker to make sure that we don't devastate what is probably perceived as the most successful lottery program in the country.

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