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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

No. 1 lottery retailer in the state of Texas

Lieutenant Governor Bill Halter was in town this morning to discuss the proposed Scholarship Lottery Amendment. The store over his shoulder, which is just across State Line Avenue in Texas, sells more lottery tickets than any of the other 16,000 locations in the entire state. That's quite a feat when you consider the size of other Texas cities (including three of the nation's ten most populous). That store alone sold $3.625 million in lottery tickets just last year. While there, many Arkansans purchase other items and are sending all the tax revenue to Austin to educate Texans. Vote FOR proposed Amendment No. 3.