The people understand that this is a new era for our state. People will be led to believe the lottery is a cash cow for education, and it's not.

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Yes, people have problems, marriages have problems, families have problems. But why can't we have programming that's encouraging?

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We anticipate that the state is going to see a marked increase in the number of people with gambling problems in a very short period of time.

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How do you not induce someone? It's an illogical concept to advertise without inducing someone.

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It just seems with such a quick implementation, it's going to be hard to make sure everything is done in a proper manner. It's hard to believe that certain things won't slip through the cracks.

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The largest concern that we have is the impact that easy access to gambling the accessibility to buying lottery tickets is going to have on the public as several of the commissioners recognize.

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