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Catty. Chatty. And Occasionally Trashy.

Jun 11
Your Last Dollar

That is apparently what the lottery commission is after. The new $50 scratch off tickets are being sold in mostly--get ready--in the state's 10 poorest zip codes. Ta. Da! Additional insult to the people of a fourth grade reading level is Rep. Kino Flores statement that just because all the tickets are being sold in the poor areas doesn't mean they are being sold to poor people because rich people drive through these neighborhoods. He knows because he's seen it!!

I love a lottery, y'all. But a $50 ticket is a little over the top. Let's be subtle about this getting money from the poor. It's just unsavory to make it so blatant.

PinkDome at 10:50 AM
 
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What do you think the pro-casino people are counting on?

anon at June 11, 2007 12:05 PM

Hey Kino! If rich folks stop to buy anything in THOSE neighborhoods, it ain't lottery tickets!

Dave In A Cave at June 11, 2007 7:51 PM

Think of it as a payback plan for the teenage immigrant welfare mothers on drugs.

cynical optimist at June 12, 2007 11:53 AM
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