Quotes by John Rustin

“The manner in which they go about making those decisions will dictate a tremendous amount about the manner in which the lottery is operated.”

“The largest concern that we have is the impact that easy access to gambling the accessibility to buying lottery tickets is going to have on the public as several of the commissioners recognize.”

“Yes, people have problems, marriages have problems, families have problems. But why cant we have programming thats encouraging?”

“It just seems with such a quick implementation, its going to be hard to make sure everything is done in a proper manner. Its hard to believe that certain things wont slip through the cracks.”

“How do you not induce someone? Its an illogical concept to advertise without inducing someone.”

“We anticipate that the state is going to see a marked increase in the number of people with gambling problems in a very short period of time.”

“The people understand that this is a new era for our state. People will be led to believe the lottery is a cash cow for education, and its not.”