LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Baptists and other gambling opponents in Arkansas are organizing to oppose a proposed amendment to the state constitution to establish a state lottery and allow casinos in six Arkansas counties.
A petition backed by the Arkansas Casino Corp. was filed with the secretary of state July 7 with more than 80,000 signatures. If placed on the Nov. 7 ballot and approved by voters, the amendment would give the corporation the right to build a casino in each of the six counties: Pulaski, Sebastian, Garland, Boone, Crittenden and Miller.
The proposed constitutional amendment also would establish a state lottery, authorize charitable gambling and create a state gambling commission to oversee operations at the casinos.
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