Lottery Commission Legislative Oversight Committee meets today

The legislative committee that will have oversight of the Arkansas Lottery meets today, one day ahead of the Arkansas Lottery Commission's first meeting. The joint committee is co-chaired by Sen. David Johnson (D-Little Rock) and Rep. Barry Hyde (D-North Little Rock). Other legislative members are Sens. Terry Smith, Tracy Steele, Mary Anne Salmon, Robert Thompson, and Johnny Key and Reps. Bruce Maloch, Robbie Wills, Johnnie Roebuck, Linda Tyler, and Darrin Williams. The committee meets at 1:30 p.m. and will hear from the legislative sponsors of the Scholarship Lottery Act and discuss some organizational issues with the committee.

Update: Some of you may have seen the segment on Dateline last week on lottery fraud and how some lottery retailers are taking advantage of players and the system to make big bucks. The full article with video is here.