Popularity of lottery waning

 
The Oklahoman Editorial
Published: April 4, 2009

O KLAHOMA’S annual lottery revenue will surely get squeezed when neighboring Arkansas gets its lottery started next year. That concerns our lottery’s executive director, who is getting squeezed by legislative leaders.

Jim Scroggins has been pushing for a change in the way lottery revenue is distributed. The law voters approved in 2004 creating Oklahoma ’s lottery required that eventually 35 perc...


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