The following links should be useful to anyone interested in better understanding various Lottery issues. Study them and pass on your input to NC General Assembly Representatives www.ncleg.net/. -- Who Represents Me?
NC
Lottery |
NC Play
Responsibly | NC Problem Gambling
Helpline: (877)
718-5543
3/30/06
www.naspl.org/compgamb.html
The North American
Association of State and Provincial Lotteries�
Resources on compulsive Gambling 3/30/06
Recent Articles
"Buck the Lottery"
4/8/06
Just
Give that Buck directly to Schools!
S.C. braces for cost of new N.C. lottery
3/30/06
Andy Rooney on Lottery - 60 Minutes March 19, 2006
3/30/06
Lotteries
and State Fiscal Policy
3/30/06
The 54 Percent Solution 6/24/05 Biblical Recorder
Opinion
Lottery Isn�t an Alternative to Higher Taxes By John Hood
March 11, 2005
John Locke
Foundation The State Lottery Contains interesting chart at bottom on NC, VA,
SC, GA Dollars
WOULD A STATE LOTTERY TAX BE A �JACKPOT� FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
DON�T BET ON IT. NC Justice Center BTC March
2005 PDF Report
| INTERNET
GAMBLING IN THEIR OWN WORDS Good examples of what is happening in the gambling world! |
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| CON | PRO |
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The downside:
Despair and deceit |
The online
advantage � a pro�s view |
The Council on Compulsive
Gambling of New Jersey, Inc
We have been helping problem and compulsive (pathological) gamblers and those
affected by this illness since 1983. The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New
Jersey, Inc. was one of the pioneers in the compulsive (pathological) gambling
field and remains one of the leaders in providing professional and compassionate
services to a wide range of audiences. We take no position neither for nor
against legalized gambling. Our mission is to provide prevention, education and
referral services to anyone affected by this illness.
Extract from
SCEL
URGES RESPONSIBLE PLAY!
�This time of year, families need to focus on their needs,� says Ernie
Passailaigue, Executive Director of SCEL.
�We always encourage players to use discretionary money when playing the
lottery. If you have bills to pay, pay them first.�
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www.lafleurs.com
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River City Group |
Attempts
to counter gambling problems
Problem Gambling | Responsible
Gambling | NCPG
| 800Gambler
gamblersanonymous |
The Brief Addiction Science Information
Source (BASIS) |
www.calproblemgambling.org
Use
Searchit Engines to do your own research,
e.g., try "gambling and suicide" on www.ixquick.com
metasearch engine.
South Oaks Gambling Screen A test you can take.
Biblical Recorder
Show
me the morals! By Tony W. Cartledge
2001 | Letter
opposing the lottery...1999
More Information
The following links were submitted by Sam Watts samwatts@bellsouth.net
INFORMATION SOURCES
State Lotteries at the Turn of the Century: Charles T. Clotfelter,
Philip J. Cook, Julie A. Edell and Marian Moore
Duke University, April 23, 1999
http://www.ngisc.gov/reports/reports.html
Harvard University Addiction Center
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/doa/
National Gambling Impact Study Commission
http://www.ngisc.gov/
Gamblers Anonymous
http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/
State and Local Government Review, (1997) Vol. 29, pp.34-42.
(St. Mary's College
Study)
http://www.saintmarys.edu/~ppierce/pierce51.html
Odds of Winning the Lottery
Mathematical Appendix to the Maclean's Magazine
article by John Schofield, November 4, 1996
http://www.math.mcmaster.ca:80/fred/Lotto/
NC THINK TANKS OPPOSING THE LOTTERY
The Common Sense Foundation
http://www.common-sense.org/
The John Locke Foundation
http://www.johnlocke.org
NC Budget & Tax Center
http://www.ncjustice.org/btc/
Pass on any other useful lottery information to lhbaxley@ieee.org
Updated 01/25/2010