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Wow, ya don’t say?
Why did they do a study? Transferring money from the poor to the insatiable rich was the goal of lotteries from day one.
If you can’t afford to play the lottery, don’t do it. Be responsible for your own decisions.
Third response was the charm…
I have no problem with individuals gambling.
However, do we want the state sponsoring and promoting gambling???
There never was an ethical lottery or a conscientious Casino. Disgusting that they’re allowed to exist (and even expand!) in this century.
From the beginning, state lotteries were known as a “poor tax” due to the disproportionate purchase of lottery tickets by lower-income people. I guess when you are stuck at the bottom of the ladder you are more likely to spend what few dollars you have for a chance at instant riches. Frankly, I never understood the lopsided award of winnings, giving hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to a single winner when you could take the same amounts and spread the money among more people. The state could still yield the same revenue, but more residents would benefit from the pay-offs.
Brent
the first part of what you say is correct. The poor are the people who invest the most and can afforded it the least. I remember pea shake houses and the numbers game ran off the GNP( NO WAY TO FIX) only poor enter city and vice cops even knew about it. The other is not correct. the higher the payoff the more players the more the net to the lottery.
As disappointing as this is, non of it should come as a surprise to people who understand human nature. It is good, however, to have such a detailed, comprehensive report.
This should serve as an excellent object lesson to all the liberals who scream about what a backwords state Indiana is; not being “progressive” enough. There was a time not too long ago when a state-run lottery was prohibited by Indiana’s Constitution….a constitution that served the state well.
But, of course, between greed and the ever-leftward march of “progressivism,” Indiana’s good constitution was amended to allow the state to cash in by legally tempting the poorest of its citizens to answer the siren call of “get rich quick without working” and buy lottery tickets….you know, “for the children.”
And here we are today with tragic reports such as this. Jesus said the poor will always be with you. He certainly knew what he was talking about.
Progressives are the problem?
Recall, Bob, that a lottery was sold to citizens because the funds were going to education … which lasted around 5-6 years before yet another tax cut was passed and the lottery funds were diverted to other uses.
You can blame the left for lots of things, and some are valid, but the never-ending tax cuts ain’t one of them. We’ve long since cut too far and the damage is plain for all to see. Only retired Republicans like Kenley dare speak up to plead to invest more in services … long after he helped cause much of the problems, and without much admission of his role.
Yes, Joe; progressives are the problem. Who championed the Indiana Constitutional Amendment to allow the lottery?
And I’m waiting with baited breath for you to “own up” to anything negative for which the left is responsible. The word responsibility is rarely, if ever, used to describe a disaster for which the left may be properly credited.
Best I can tell, Bob, the Legislature was pretty close to split in the mid 1980’s and this would have had to pass two different legislatures (1985 and 1987) to end up on the 1988 ballot.
I do know that the House was split 50-50 in 1989 and that Legislature was the one that passes the lottery bill since the constitutional amendment had been removed.
But please post your numbers.
That said, I’m supposed to own up to the Left because I’m “one of them” just because I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid like most of today’s “Republicans”. Broad conservative tent you’ve got there. Sounds more like a cult of some kind.
Democrats spend too much and care far too much about thoughts and feelings as opposed to being practical.
Republicans don’t collect enough in taxes and somehow manage to leave their Christian principles that they trumpet at the door when it comes to governance.
Neither is an appealing choice, but Republicans are also authoritarian-friendly these days so I get to hold my nose and vote for Democrats. Like Secretary of State this year … Destiny Wells is getting my vote because not only is Diego Morales unqualified, he’s also nuts. Like policy differences matter in that race?
I believe the Hoosier Lottery started around 1990. Evan Bayh was the Governor from January 1989 through 1997. The composition of the two houses of the Indiana legislature was regarded as “split” in 1990 (so Democrats had a majority in one and Republicans in the other). As I recall, the first head of the Hoosier Lotto was Jack Crawford (the former Democratic elected prosecutor from Lake County).
We knew all those years ago that a lottery was a poor tax. It was in the papers and on TV (back before the internet was as ubiquitous as it is today). This was understood. There was hand-wringing. The politicians did it anyway. Like many morally questionable decisions, they did it because of peer pressure (other states around us had lotteries and our citizens would go there and spend money) and they justified it in part by saying a portion of the $$ could go to education. Lot of good lessons there.
People are always going to gamble. The story champions someone who buys scratch offs “multiple times a day” and someone with a bizarre quote about “I know it’s bad, but it’s up to god”. You can’t legislate stupidity, so might as well make a buck.
It’s too early to have a good sample size, but I wonder if State dispensaries will produce similar results?
In the illegal days of gambling, gambling was the daily sign-up, tip boards, rare slots, and bingo in the local lodges and veterans posts. Excise ignored it if no one complained. Those local lodges and posts gave all their excess back to their communities. Those evil days are over. So now we are legal and poorer for it.
The state could have let the locals have slots tied to the state’s computer bank to guarantee the state its take. Instead, the Las Vegas owners take the riches and the General Assembly has pledged its souls to them to keep the pittance flowing to its coffers. Good luck on changing this current casino arrangement. To many well-heeled vested interests to oppose.