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THE CHAIRMAN: I would guess, Mr. Pressman

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would agree with that.

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MR. GRESHAM: I would think so.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Hoff?

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MR. HOFF: No questions. Mr. Sachs?

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MR. SACHS: Mr. Gresham, would you speak

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to, if you care to, to the question that Mr. Case addressee

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to Mr. Miles, namely, something like this. To be sure,

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your arguments would appropriately go to a legislative

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body considering whether or not to enact a state-wide

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lottery, but would you tell us, if you will, what special

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reasons, if any, there are for an anti-lottery provision

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to be in the organic law of the state, the Constitution.

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Do you have any special reasons that you want to offer?

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MR. GRESHAM: I think here that as I have indicated in my

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letter that the statistics, that the studies by the

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Attorney General of the United States, by the leaders,

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and so forth, indicate that for every dollar that is

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raised in this area of gambling, whether it be lottery

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or otherwise, at least $5 is spent in other areas like

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police costs, court costs, et cetera. I think there



 

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