Let us at that Powerball
The Arkansas Lottery has distributed figures that show Arkansas ranked 8th highest among 33 jurisdictions (31 states, D.C. and Virgin Islands) in Powerball gambling per capita this week. We are third highest in the percentage of Powerball players making Powerplay wagers (where you pay a buck to double your winnings on some of the prizes).
LOTTERY RELEASE
The statistics below are from the Powerball® drawing last night, Wednesday, November 11. They show Arkansas Powerball® sales as eighth highest per capita among the 33 jurisdictions (31 states, DC, and USVI). They show Arkansas Powerplay sales as third highest per capita.
November 11, 2009 Powerball Draw
Top 10 States
StatePer Capita Sales
DC 0.476
RI 0.379
VI 0.332
DE 0.314
WV 0.266
NH 0.265
ND 0.253
AR 0.249
SC 0.245
CT 0.241
StatePowerPlay %
VI 64.8%
ND 57.0%
AR 42.6%
OK 39.7%
CO 39.2%
SC 37.9%
ME 36.4%
VT 32.6%
NC 31.6%
MT 23.7%
Comments
Dang it. I got two white numbers last night but no red number. A third white and I'd have won $14 (including Powerplay) on my $8 worth of bets. Oh, well, Saturday night I'll win BIG. Well, I already did, come to think about it: My $8 will help a kid out there somewhere. Now that some of our entertainment dollars are helping educate our youngins, I'd like to see electronic bingo brought to Arkansas with the proceeds going to finance free medical clinics for the uninsured. Come on, Bill Halter. Help us put some icing on the cake.
Posted by: Durango![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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November 12, 2009 03:18 PM
How about prostitution to pay for universal daycare or legalized drugs to pay for more jails. Its a win-win.
Posted by: GeorgeRastasPeabodyIII![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/nav-commenters.gif)
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November 12, 2009 04:26 PM
"...or legalized drugs to pay for more jails. Its a win-win."
Or we can keep building jails and complaining about taxes or do like Perry County and triple stack them until a federal court blows the whistle. The jails are full of non-violent offenders caught with small amounts of personal MJ and we make them spend a larger percentage of their sentence than a convicted murderer. If you want harsh drug laws, then plan on paying the piper and create more prisons and probably more criminals for the next generation of jails they build. What if we build a jail in the I-40 median? Escape would be very dangerous, especially if we use the LR to Memphis segment. It could be infinately long (and fairly thin) but dang near escape proof (or at least live to tell it).
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November 12, 2009 04:34 PM
NO to legal ho's for daycare.
YES to legalized drugs which would result in less crime and less need for jails.
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November 12, 2009 04:41 PM
Some drugs, OK. Maybe a l'il weed. What could it hurt?
And prostitution? Laws against that are BS. Think about it. A woman can go out with a guy,
get dinner & a movie, nice gifts, maybe a sports car, whatever she wants, and, in exchange, provides him with sexual favors. That's called DATING. Completely legal. BUT, if she gets cash for the transaction, that makes her a ho. Why can't we just be honest about it and legalize that stuff too? Me, I'm married. But it'd be a helluva lot cheaper for some guys.
BTW, the same applies for male prostitutes. I don't wanna be accused of sexism.
AND, Durango, let's get some casinos in here. I'm tired of driving 44 miles every time I wanna donate to the tribe. Besides, that'd really get 'em shook up around here, and we need the entertainment.
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November 12, 2009 05:49 PM
"Why can't we just be honest about it and legalize that [ho] stuff too?"
Lordy, Rick, that makes lots of sense. Hadn't thought of it that way till now. I'm fer it, by golly.
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November 12, 2009 06:22 PM