Nevada Eagle Forum
P.O. Box 656, Sparks, Nevada 89432
775-356-9055, info@nevadafamilies.org
Hearing:
Thursday, March 24, 8:00am, Rm 2149, Sen. Judiciary, video conferenced Las Vegas, Grant
Sawyer Bldg. 4401
AJR2 proposes to amend Nevada Constitution to authorize Legislature to provide for statewide lottery to provide money for textbooks, classroom supplies, and class size reduction.
Lotteries in other states have not improved education funding or educational performance. How many more families and particularly children will be harmed when more parents become addicted to gambling via the lottery. The majority of people participating in lotteries are those who can least afford it. Players with household income under $10,000 bet nearly three times as much as those with income over $50,000. Education reform is what we need, including real instruction in systematic intensive phonics, basic math, and school choice. These basic reforms will provide much more real educational improvement in our government schools than any amount of lottery money.
It is relatively easy for children to gamble on a state sponsored lottery. In Massachusetts 47 percent of 7th graders have purchased a lotto ticket. Nationwide, more than 4 in 10 adolescents gamble on lotteries. Recent research suggests that the earlier a person begins to gamble, the more likely they are to become addicted to gambling.
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Message: Vote No on AJR2 the lottery.
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