Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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D0 r KING Booze and bucks - legally By David Burke One extreme to another. Changes were not only indicitive of the university, but of the entire state of Kansas as well. Kansans finally had the privilege other states ' residents had for years — sometimes even centuries. The state finally had a lottery. The lottery was introduced with gala celebrations in November, a little more than a year after it got the approval from Kansas voters. The first lottety games, Up and Away and Match Three, were instant scratch and win. Participation in the games far surpassed the expectations of state lottery officials. A one dollar investment in a lottery ticket brought $10,000 to Doug Eagleburger, a university freshman. The lottery commission also introduced weekly televised draw- ings, where five-time lottery losers would become eligible for $25,000 with a spin of a giant wheel. Kansas also became a part of a multi-state lottery, LottoAmer- ica. Millions of dollars could be won by picking seven numbers on a scale of one to 40. The extreme change from private clubs, to liquor by the drink, to open bars, was ushered into Kansas in July. Club membership cards were things of the past; anyone over 21 could walk into a bar (provided that establishment derived 30 percent of its profits from food) and order a drink. Despite the protests of opposition groups, state officials wel- comed the change as a way of bringing added revenue into the state. Pari-mutuel wagering — approved by voters in November 1986, along with liquor by the drink and a lottery — was not yet put into effect. Dog and horse track plans were created across the state for future racing sites. The lottery, liquor by the drink and pari-mutuel. Before the elections, they became known as the sin issues. Once imple- mented, they went from being sin issues to being in issues. From one extreme to another. Another loser. More often than not, purchasers of the scrape -off lottery tickets turned up losers. But one university freshman, Doug Eagle- burger, won $10,000 with a lucky ticket. Mo n ey fro m heaven. Clo se, but not quite. On the fi rst day o f the Ka nsa s Lottery, thousands gathered for activities at the Ellis County court- house. Tickets were dropped by firemen from a ladder truck. Lottery — ' aA Ij 10

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Food and fun. The picnic food incl uded watermelon and the fun included seeing President Hammond doing the chicken dance. Picnic 9 PHOTO LAB

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