The association that runs the popular Powerball lottery and Mega Millions games will drop Illinois at the end of June without a budget agreement.The great moments of Barack Obama's Illinois.
Concern over the state of Illinois’ fiscal condition prompted that decision by the Multi-State Lottery Association, according to internal Illinois Lottery communications.
Illinois Lottery spokesman Jason Schaumburg on Thursday morning confirmed that the games will be dropped without a state budget. He said the association has never threatened to drop the games.
He called it “another example of why the General Assembly needs to deliver a balanced budget to the governor.”
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Powerball, Mega Millions to drop Illinois due to state’s budget crisis
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
