The Illinois education lottery: Heads we win, tails you lose. You’ve now been educated.
Why not slap a lean on state property?
Well somebody has to pay to incarcerate all of those Illinois politicians.
Sue for breach of contract and also intent to defraud. The state knows it cannot pay out the top prizes, yet continues to run a lottery and offer large cash prizes.
It’s a toll free call, but I’ll save Illinois the time of calling Dave Ramsey...
Make out a budget, write it down, stick to it, pay the smallest bills first and work your way up to biggest lottery winner.
(OH, and tear up your Lottery Card, NOW,NOW,NOW !!!!!)
Let’s hope the next financial crisis truly bankrupts corrupt, progressive, leftist states like NY and IL. Complete collapse and restructuring is the only hope of reform.
Obama’s “stimulus” and the Federal Reserve’s QE money-printing programs effectively bailed out their minions in state government last time. Will it happen again?
Somewhere there is an Illinois lawyer plotting a class action suit...
EVERY player (who could not win the big prizes) was defrauded into thinking they could. All they have to do is say they would not have bought that ticket knowing the biggest prize would be under 25K, but they were enticed by the promise of bigger winnings.
they can’t pay out?
that means someone’s been embezzling
To a liberal, the answer is simple: raise taxes.
They (the lottery winners) won’t know they are truly screwed until Illinois eventually passes a budget and they try to collect. Bet you $5 some of them get told they didn’t claim their winnings within the specified time and are no-longer eligible. I would not put this past the crooked politicians...
The mob did a better job of running the numbers racket.
When the mob ran the numbers, they knew it was good business to pay the winners. Illinois must have seen the Indian casinos getting away with not paying jackpot winners because of ‘machine malfunctions’.
Who would play a lottery where winning tickets don’t get paid?
There’s a word for people who don’t pay up...”Welchers.”
Dat be some funny-ass sh*t.
You have to be really incompetent to fail with a legalized gambling enterprise.
And on top of that, it is illegal for honest businesses to run their own lottery. Apparently only the crooks can run lotteries.
If I ever win the lottery I will take the lump sum payment not the annuity.
This is really gonna bump future ticket sales upwards.
They have toll booths every five feet on the freeway.