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The possibility of Alabama having a state lottery has everyone talking.
Governor Robert Bentley announced yesterday that he plans to call a special session of the Legislature to discuss having a lottery,which would help with the ongoing budget issues in the state.
"This solution will provide funding that we can count on for year after year without ever having to raise your taxes or put one more band-aid on our state"s money problems," Bentley said in a video posted on his website.
AL.com asked people at the Flora-Bama what they thought about having a lotto, and the response was overwhelmingly positive.
Byron Lipsomb, a Gulf Shores resident who plays the lottery, said, "Many of our citizens drive to Florida and spend that money in Florida constantly, and it could be money that"s coming to our state."
No one interviewed said they saw any negatives to having a state lottery.
Another Gulf Shores man said he drives to Florida to buy tickets three times a week.
While Bentley did not give a date for the session about the lotto, other state lawmakers said the best time to call a sessionwould be by August 24, so that the lottery proposal would be on the general election ballot in November.
Everyone in the video said that they hoped some of the revenue generated by the lottery would be used for education.
What do you think about the state lottery proposal?Source: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/07/alabamians_buying_powerball_ti.html
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