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Lawmakers, LePage: Welfare recipients shouldn’t spend benefits on lottery tickets

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Lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday, Dec. 16, called for a bipartisan effort to pass legislation implementing a ban on people on public assistance buying lottery tickets with taxpayer-funded benefits. The call to action follows revelations this week by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting that recipients of public assistance won $22.4 million in lottery prizes since 2010, including eight jackpots ...

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