Prop. 27 backers sound like lottery pushers in the 1980s
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In 1984, voters passed Proposition 37 establishing a California lottery system. The coalition promised millions in new education funding. In 1985, Michael Hiltzik received a set of dictionaries and three yellow playground balls from the California State Lottery Commission. Now walk into any convenience or liquor store and you'll see people buying lottery tickets and scratchers to feed their gambling addiction. Proposition 27 will similarly explode gambling addictions in California by giving the green light to online betting.
Prop. 27 backers sound like lottery pushers in the 1980s. In the era before tribal casinos, people had to drive to Nevada to gamble legally. Some of them were financially challenged and went anyway, because they felt Vegas casinos provided a good chance of getting money to make their next rent payment.
