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• Position: THEN AND NOW - Lotteries, state prisons, and federal budget - Brief article

Articles from the April 1986 issue of State Legislatures:

* THE LURE OF THE LOTTERY "By the end of 1985, nearly half the states, attracted by the chance to make 'easy money,' had started lotteries."

* THE FEDERAL BUDGET: WHAT'S (NOT) IN IT FOR STATES? "State legislators are keeping a watchful eye on the great budget battle of 1986 in Washington, D.C."

* STATES AREN'T READY FOR PRIVATELY...