POLICY POINT-COUNTERPOINT: STATE LOTTERIES

The director and associate director of the Public Policy Institute at Western Carolina University introduce a debate about whether state lotteries are needed to help states overcome severe budget problems. Two graduate students put the point that state lotteries are needed, and can be viewed as a voluntary tax not required of all citizens. Another graduate student puts the counterpoint that state lotteries are not a viable policy option and are effectively a hoax that misleads the public. (Quotes from original text)