US Run Lottery

Reply #13

gy65 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:03:36 GMT

A tax-free federal lottery to fund NASA might have enough political support to get passed by congress.

Reply #12

swampfox — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:08:24 GMT

Todd's right. All winnings would end up being redistributed, and I'm sure the illegals would be second in line for the winnings, right behind the manipulative politicians. Remember, it's not the right to property, but the pursuit of happiness.....and that, well, I'm not sure even a millionaire can afford the lawyers! That's all I'll say 'cause Big Brother may accuse me of some hate crime.

Reply #11

myturn — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:37:05 GMT

The UK Treasury issues bonds, called Premium Bonds, which is a type of a lottery. The UK government pays interest on the bond. But instead of the interest being paid into individual accounts, it is paid into a prize fund from which a monthly lottery distributes tax-free prizes, or premiums, to selected bond-holders whose numbers come up.

The machine that generates random numbers for the lottery is called ERNIE, which stands for Electronic Random Number Indicator. Bond holders can cash in thei... [ More ]

Reply #10

KY Floyd — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:58:08 GMT

If they can't run anything successfully, why do we have so many immigrants, legal or not

Reply #9

MaddMike51 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:19:55 GMT

The govenment also lets millions enter the U.S. illegaly every year.This proves,at least in my eyes, that government can't run anything successfully.

Reply #8

myturn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:04:33 GMT

The State Department runs a Green Card Lottery every year and million of people from all over the world enter; this proves that a US lottery would be successful.

If the State Department had a $100 entry fee to enter the Green Card Lottery, it would raise hundreds of million of dollars.

Reply #7

TheGameGrl — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:31:47 GMT

As they say, truth is stranger then fiction and you said it best Todd

Reply #6

pumpi76 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:28:45 GMT

whatever they do they got to keep it free of tax...

Reply #5

Todd — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:21:34 GMT

I voted no because based on the way things are currently being run in Washington, lottery winners would be considered selfish if they did not give back their jackpot and spread it out to everyone else.

Reply #4

Todd — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:18:43 GMT

Powerball was previously named Lotto America.

Reply #3

Coin Toss — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:50:18 GMT

If you read up on the history of Powerball it was intended to be Lotto USA.

Reply #2

joker17 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:26:54 GMT

Why not, politicians run all the other lotteries, why should I stop here

Reply #1

bashley572 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:22:21 GMT

I think the 'new' stimulus package will have that in it

US Run Lottery

chattanoogadog — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:29:36 GMT

If the US Govt was to install a Nation wide (Yes states with no lotto incuded) would you support it?

Now keep an open mind here, this is just for fun. If the US could run a program like Powerball or MegaMillions. What would they call it PowerMillions? Sourball? Foulball, wasteful-Millions?

Probably not many would play a game like that, but just for a second, what IF it could help the US out? Say put money in our Elders Social Security Program, or a similar program. Maybe cut our taxe... [ More ]