<div dir="ltr">I wouldn't think that this would upset most of the good folks on this list. The lotto is a regressive tax on people who have poor math skills. That the justification is that it provides money for schools makes me laugh.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>g</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 7:37 PM Ron Force <<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com">ronforce@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Muli;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(10,8,8)"><h1 style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:12px;line-height:48px;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-size:36px;opacity:1;text-transform:capitalize">Idaho Powerball Fans Out Of Luck As State Ends Game Over Distaste For Foreign Participation</h1><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px 8px 0px 0px;padding:0px 8px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(163,163,163);display:inline-block;text-transform:capitalize">By <a href="https://www.nwpb.org/author/nwpbnews/" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(28,28,28);background-color:transparent;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px" target="_blank">NWPB News</a></span> <span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px 8px 0px 0px;padding:0px 8px 0px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12px;line-height:12px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(163,163,163);display:inline-block;text-transform:capitalize"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:FontAwesome;margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:inherit;line-height:1;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block"></span> March 10, 2021</span></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Muli;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(10,8,8)"><h3 style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:Arimo;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:15px;line-height:26px;color:rgb(10,10,10);font-size:22px;opacity:1"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">BY KEITH RIDLER / AP</span></h3><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">The move came after Idaho Lottery officials sought a change in state law because Powerball is expanding to include Australia in 2021 and Britain in 2022. But current Idaho law only allows lotteries in the state played by people in the U.S. and Canada....</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">...Republican Rep. Heather Scott worried that when Australia joins Powerball, the country’s officials might use revenue generated for government coffers to back causes she opposes.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Scott expressed concern that could happen “in Australia anti-gun causes, which they see as good and we see as not good.”</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Democratic Rep. Chris Mathias said the Powerball in Idaho has been good for business and that the state took millions for public education, but had concerns that more countries might be added to the Powerball participation roster.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">“My concern is the delegation of authority, and essentially turning over our sovereignty to this Multi-State Lottery Association,” he said. “I think we should be concerned that they could be persuaded, they could be lobbied heavily by countries that we are not particularly friendly with.”</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Idaho lottery officials have said the game generates about $28 million in sales annually in the state, with schools receiving about $14 million per year...</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.nwpb.org/2021/03/10/idaho-powerball-fans-out-of-luck-as-state-ends-game-over-distaste-for-foreign-participation/" target="_blank">https://www.nwpb.org/2021/03/10/idaho-powerball-fans-out-of-luck-as-state-ends-game-over-distaste-for-foreign-participation/</a><br></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div></div>
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