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▲ mahboi 2 hours ago

Also "Utah is one of only two states where gambling is also prohibited under the state constitution"

▲gottorf 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Funnily enough, Hawaii is the other one. Three more states also do not have lotteries.

▲lotsofpulp 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Washington State constitution, article 2, section 24 originally banned lotteries too:

https://leg.wa.gov/state-laws-and-rules/washington-state-con...

>SECTION 24. LOTTERIES AND DIVORCE

>The legislature shall never grant any divorce. Lotteries shall be prohibited except as specifically authorized upon the affirmative vote of sixty percent of the members of each house of the legislature or, notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, by referendum or initiative approved by a sixty percent affirmative vote of the electors voting thereon. [AMENDMENT 56, 1971 Senate Joint Resolution No. 5, p 1828. Approved November 7, 1972.]

>NOTES: Original text — Art. 2 Section 24 LOTTERIES AND DIVORCE — The legislature shall never authorize any lottery or grant any divorce.

▲mahboi 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hm, I could get behind that in California

▲whimsicalism 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

You get organized crime fillin.