Murphy Oil 1st lottery retailer

Magnolia gas station, 56 other stores licensed as ticket sales get set to start

By Michael Wickline

Photo by Staton Breidenthal

Arkansas Lottery Director Ernie Passailaigue awards the first lottery retail license to Murphy Oil representatives (from left) Carl James, Kyle Williams and Hank Heithaus during an Arkansas Lottery Commission meeting Wednesday.

ADVERSTISMENT

With the state's lottery to begin in about one month, a Murphy USA gas station in Magnolia on Wednesday became the first lottery retailer to be licensed by the Arkansas Lottery Commission.

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This article was published August 27, 2009 at 5:52 a.m.

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arpaddler_gmail.com says...

Yet more evidence that this abomination is nothing more than a voluntary tax on the poor, ignorant, and desperate among us to selfishly benefit the able.

August 27, 2009 at 6:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

RBBrittain says...

Of course, you know this is how Wal-Mart can say they won't sell lottery tickets--they let Murphy USA sell them from the gas pumps out front. I betcha almost every one of the 57 locations is in front of a Wal-Mart.

August 27, 2009 at 8:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

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