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Edited on Fri Apr-03-09 12:13 AM by doeriver
Good news for the Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, etc. State Lotteries: Tennessee Lottery players may be making their way back to play your state lotteries!Proposed bill would prevent some from winning Tenn. lottery
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=10113069&ClientType=Printable
If I work and go out and earn a living, why can't I spend the money? Everybody else gets to. Just because I make less money and have more obligations doesn't mean the state can tell me how to spend my money, Arrie Chamberlain says. (photo caption)
By HARLOW SUMERFORD
6 News Reporter
Posted: April 1, 2009 05:17 PM
KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- Winning the Tennessee Lottery jackpot is a long shot, but a new bill, HB0818, would make it impossible for certain people.
 
Rep. Stacy Campfield, Knoxville
Tennessee House District 18 Map
"If you can't afford the bare necessities and if you rely on the government for the bare necessities of life, you shouldn't be taking what money you do have and blowing it on the lottery," says Rep. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville).
Campfield's proposal is a hot topic among regular lottery players.
The bill states:
"This bill prohibits issuance of lottery prizes in the amount of $600 or more to any person who receives state or federal economic or medical assistance due to indigency."
Arrie Chamberlain says the measure is unfair. She plays the lottery every week, is on the government's food stamps program and has a job.
"If I work and go out and earn a living, why can't I spend the money? Everybody else gets to. Just because I make less money and have more obligations doesn't mean the state can tell me how to spend my money," Chamberlain says.
But others don't see it that way. Instead, they view it as a waste of taxpayers' money.
"The government is giving you food stamps to survive on. If you need them and qualify for them, you shouldn't use it for something else. I'm talking about lottery tickets, beer," says lottery player David Borden.
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If the bill passes, net lottery proceeds would decrease by more than $6 million per year. Campfield plans to introduce the bill this legislative session.
(more at link above)
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