Lottery should be consistent with vote, Beebe says
Posted: June 24, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe said Wednesday morning that Arkansas lottery games should be consistent with what the voters thought they were voting on when they adopted the constitutional amendment authorizing state lotteries in November.
He says he doesn't remember any discussion about keno.
Keno is a game that lottery director Ernie Passailaigue (pass-a-lay) says he hopes to include, but that he wants input from the governor and others before deciding whether to embark on such an effort.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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