Barek

We have a lottery that likes to pound its chest about how much money the schools get from it but as someone in education.... we sure don't see much!

States love to play musical chairs with the funding. In most states that use it, the lottery systems are sold to voters as having its revenue directed towards education. Which, the states all abide by that with no problems. But then, they generally reduce what the schools previously received from the state general fund by almost exactly what the schools get from the lottery. Net effect: the schools get roughly the same as they did before the lottery, and what the states saved in their general funds now gets re-allocated to pet projects of the elected officials.

But ... back to cruising ...

If push comes to shove' date=' I would think that gambling may be on the ballot in Hawaii sometime soon.[/quote']

To bring this back on topic' date=' if Hawaii voters wanted to, they could pass a law to allow gambling on cruiseships in their waters. Maybe that would help the one remaining Pride ship. A major problem, though, is time.[/quote']

I would be surprised if NCL hasn't at least tried to get this either through the Hawaiian state legislature or through having it as an item on a ballot in Hawaii. The fact that it's still not there, to me, suggests that there's organized opposition within the state to doing this. But, not being current on Hawaiian news, I could easilly be mistaken.