Comments on: Arkansas Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee – July 2, 2009 http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/07/02/arkansas-lottery-commission-legislative-oversight-committee-july-2-2009/ Arkansas Policy & Politics from the Capitol Floors Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:09:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: The Statesman http://www.offthemarble.com/2009/07/02/arkansas-lottery-commission-legislative-oversight-committee-july-2-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-237 The Statesman Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:12:26 +0000 http://www.offthemarble.com/?p=989#comment-237 "The “million dollars a day lost for every day the lottery is not operating” is driving this committee and the legislature in general to ignore potential problems and rushing things more than seems to be prudent." Perhaps they need to be re-assured that the money is not really "lost", it simply remains in the pockets of those who earned it for them to spend as they see fit. No money is actually "lost" by the delay, it is just not in the government's hands. “The “million dollars a day lost for every day the lottery is not operating” is driving this committee and the legislature in general to ignore potential problems and rushing things more than seems to be prudent.”

Perhaps they need to be re-assured that the money is not really “lost”, it simply remains in the pockets of those who earned it for them to spend as they see fit. No money is actually “lost” by the delay, it is just not in the government’s hands.

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