Idaho Lottery Celebrates 30th Anniversary. Should We Celebrate, Too?

With much fanfare, the Idaho Lottery observed its 30th anniversary last month, but is the occasion really worth celebrating? Proponents of the Idaho Lottery trumpet the dividends it pays to Idaho K-12 public schools, which totaled $18.6 million in 2018. Yet that accounts for only 1.1 percent of the total state spending for K-12 public […]