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for and only 20 percent opposed.”
There’s no question but that the supervisor of the licensing department counts himself among the proponents, calling the lottery “the greatest thing that’s happened to Virginia since the holding at Jamestown.’1 The winners will not only be the lucky few who hit the jackpot; businesses will derive income from the ticket sales, the state will increase the balance in the general fund without raising taxes, and all Virginians will benefit from improvements in education, care for the elderly, and other programs receiving lottery revenue, according to Mr. Leonard.
With the Virginia Lottery, “there are no losers,” he concluded.
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