Gambling: The Alabama Lottery

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The Alabama Lottery The Alabama Lottery is a much-debated issue. The lottery is a proven historical income producing system. While we do not entertain a state lottery, our Alabama money flows to those states embracing one. Most states enjoying a lottery system fuel their educational programs from revenue created by their lottery. Alabama cannot afford to upgrade their current educational system, although rated among the worst in the nation. Many refute adoption of a state lottery because it is gambling yet embrace other forms such as bingo, or raffles. Gambling is a form of recreation and can provide psychological benefits usually overlooked. Alabama needs to adopt a lottery system to enhance the wealth of the state and fund our needed educational…show more content…
Las Vegas, most popular of all states, known for gambling, residents enjoy no property taxes and low cost education. Las Vegas has capitalized on the entertainment value of gambling to the point of creating one of the largest cities in a desolate desert. Dr. Felicia Campbell, an associate professor in the English Department at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, wrote, But gambling is a fundamental human activity, which can serve a valuable function for both the individual and society. In the future, the positive aspects of gambling may be increasingly recognized; society may revise its view of the gambler and learn to use the gambling experience as effective therapy. Through gambling, many individuals can become more actively involved in life. Others can obtain needed psychological release from tension and drudgery. (qtd. In Frontline par.2) A State lottery stimulates the economy. Many states enjoy prosperous growth because of the infusion of capitol from neighboring states as well as from winners. The Arizona lottery home page…show more content…
The lottery is considered an unacceptable form of gambling. A popular fund-raising activity of churches, schools, fraternal organizations, trade unions, and social clubs is the type of lottery known as a raffle. An article recently printed in the Mobile Register is an excellent example. “Whether they're raising money to take a trip, buy supplies or furnish a playground, it seems that today's pupils sell just about everything. Sometimes the sales are in the form of a raffle, and other times in the form of direct purchases”. With neighboring states offering lottery games, religious beliefs targeting only one form of gambling does not prevent lottery purchases. Our failure to adopt our own state lottery actually promotes the welfare of our

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