[PhiKapMom]

Thanks for the ping! Indian gambling has been a huge topic here in OK with the State set to vote on a lottery next year. If the lottery passes, then Class III gambling will be allowed by the Tribes. All the "principled" conservatives (GOP and Dem -- we still have some Dixiecrats who can bring themselves to register Republican but will vote with us a lot) are opposing this lottery because of Indian Gambling. They believe the money from the people that can least afford to lose are going into the lottery and Indian Gambling.

They are also concerned about the organized crime that comes with Class III gambling! There is little to no accountability of the billions raised by Indian gambling and with that kind of money you can be assured that organized crime is involved.

[Weimdog]

The lottery is a joke here in California.

It's a tax on the poor and they don't realize it.

The lottery was sold to us in California on the premise that a portion of the lottery money was to be spent on education. The problem was realized when the state education spending remained the same. There was no net increase, the lawmakers simply traded lottery money for tax revenues.