He referred all questions to the directors and Ms. Paul. In 1990, Roy Barnes used an anti-lottery plank in his platform to try to whack Miller in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. It was a bad move. One may argue that the lottery imposes a tax on those least able to pay it, which is absurd. No one is required to buy a ticket.
Some people suggest that the games prey on compulsive gamblers.
But, if most of those poor souls were not hooked on gambling, they would addicted to something else, perhaps a greater personal risk. So perhaps any new questions and skepticism about the lottery should be directed to the officials who award billions in HOPE scholarships, which 70 percent of their recipients fail to retain, and for the purchase of high-tech equipment, which most educators can't operate. Bill Shipp is editor of Bill Shipp's Georgia, a weekly newsletter on government and business.