The decision should be left to the legislature. A law should be passed blocking any executive action. There is no clear benefit for the people of Pennsylvania. Sell the state stores, not the lottery.

I am so sick of Tom Corbett!!! He looks so much that I remember of my Grandfather but my grandfather would be appalled if in any way there was only a slight mention of him being compared to Tom Corbett. As you can see I don't refer to him as Governor because in my opinion he is not my Governor! He wants to privatize the lottery, the State Stores and wants to shut down the prison in Cressona and put the union employees there and in the other privatizations out of work!! I think it is now time to "Privatize Tom Corbett" and let him move on and get the heck out of our state! Hopefully he will a one-term Governor!

I think any decision to privatize the Lottery or State Stores should be put on the ballot as a referendum and let the people of the Commonwealth make the decision, not the politicians who bow not to the will of the people, but rather to the power of the almighty dollars they received from special interest groups...

Kim, you make no sense and calling the President a name like that just shows you your not very nice , you make it a political thing, Corbett needs to keep the lottery and state stores alone, as drew says let the voter's make the desicion on this, i think jeanne was trying to say that her grandfather would be embarrassed to be compared to Corbett , Corbett is not the man he was when he ran for office, let's not forget his involvement in the Penn State scandal.

The state selling off assets in the name of 'privatization' is a subject that needs more discussion, something that Corbett, as a republican, will be opposed to. After all, opposing a republican should be a capital crime, because they, like lawyers, know it all!
In the mean time, I am opposed to the sale of the lottery for various reasons:
1. I do not want to pay all the lawyer's fees that will be involved in structuring a contract that will not benefit the public, nor the current employees of the lottery system.
2. The myth that 'private industry' does it better depends on your point of view. First, it reduces or eliminates benefits such as health car and retirement provisions for employees; the money saved goes straight into the pockets of the executives. Then there still is a profit to be made for the investors (in some firms the same as the executives). The money left after that will go to the intended beneficiaries, in this case elderly Pennsylvanians, in other cases it will be the care of patients in a private hospital.
3. The state loses control over a stream of revenue and may have to raise taxes to make up for that.
A state should not sell income-producing assets for a one-time gain. That is short-sighted and destructive to the fabric of society.

Why should the commonwealth be in the liquor or lottery business? The LCB started out as a board to issue liquor licenses and somewhere along the way someone got greedy and decided total control was the way to go. Prohibition ended 80 years ago.

The lottery is gambling and should be run privately but regulated just as the casinos are.

License them. Tax them. Use the money to fix roads, equip classrooms.

You want less government bureaucracy, waste and spending? Then trim the fat. Less government spending on salaries, benefits and pensions, more money for the benefit of all Pennsylvanians.

Absolutly NOT! Just taking away something else from Seniors. Corbett needs to worry about his own backyard!

NO WAY! I was a Lottery agent for 30 years and in thoes 30 years only got paid 5% of my sales I had to give it up I could not pay anyone enough to run the machine. Woul anyone else out there work for someone for 30 years and never get a raise????? Would our government work for 30 years without a raise??? If it is sold to private investors who is to say anyone will get paid even the winners!

To thoes of you who recommend licensing! Agents DO pay the State Licensing fees!

Most of you people are union loving, Corbett hating people who let your ideology blind you to the facts! Did you also think the president should have had a vote before jamming through healthcare....no way...it never would have passed! We are still waiting to learn what's REALLY in it. You act like the politics aren't played on BOTH sides. Chin, they don't want to cut spending and have less government. They really don't care about waste either! They are most likely union people who don't want their good deal taken away.

John, Drew mentioned that the issue should be put on the ballot. I made the comparison to Obamacare, which went against the will of "the people". Try to follow along, before you put your foot in your mouth ...whoops...too late!

We did have a ballot Kim, it was called the election. You lost! You lost seats in the house! You lost seats in the senate! You lost by a wide margin. "The people" did speak, just not enough people who agree with you. In case you didn't read that part of the constitution, we don't have a national ballot on specific issues, just on those we elect to to make them-representative democracy. Don't like that, the change who you elect. Oh, wait, you just tried that and it didn't workout o well for you did it? Hurts, doesn't it?

John, you re obviously too THICK to get the point I was making. The more you try to make me look like a fool, the more foolish YOU look. Let it go! In regard to the election, WE ALL LOST! You are just too ignorant to realize it! Hate to tell you, but I am a 1%er...and I earned it through hard work and perseverance. I was, personally,going to be just fine no matter how the election turned out. Don't worry about me! I worry about the people who were too foolish to realize they were swindled. I have to give Obama and his team credit...they are the best. He had you all believing that NO ONE could have done better! What losers you are to believe that malarkey ( Uncle Joe's word...ha ha)! I have a beautiful home, nice car, no debt, access to the best healthcare....I know this is hard to believe in today's world, but I was really worried for the people who are getting screwed by Obama...just too ignorant to realize it!

Kim: You truly sound like an arrogant, narcissitic, unsympathetic human being. Whatever your beliefs why do you think you have the right to belittle people instead of just sharing ideas, i.e. point/counterpoint. Certainly these items (lottery privatization and liquour store issue) should be placed on the ballot and not be determined by a politician who has a 20% approval rating in his own state. It is people like you who give the 1% ers a bad name. When you have seen your final days let me know what your $$$$$ does for you on your judgement day.

People...please be more understanding...she has an obsession with Barry...intrusive thoughts, dreams, the whole nine yards...we think she will grow out of it, probably around 2016.

the lottery is for suckers. the people who play can least afford it . if you look at the odds, it's a fools game. same for casino's. i welcome any move that gets the state out of the vice business...they control liquor and gamling and what's next....prositituion? the asians in chinatown phila. didn't want a casino anywhere near them because it breaks up families and causes financial chaos. i see people on food stamps buying stacks of number and lottery tickets...government wants to keep them poor. i have witnessed state stores sell booze to drunks. i don't want my tax dollars a part of that crap. sell the systems and let them pay taxes so taxpayers don't have to pay for pensions, benefits and salaries for people who are aldready overpaid in these jobs.

Man up men! You boys can't handle a little lady like me. You attack and when I have the nerve to bite back you cry to each other....wah wah! :( I'm moving on! You can all relax now....scary lady going away! Ha ha ha

I believe that this governor is trying to get even with democrates whether it's in the best interest of the people. For one thing, the Pennsylvania lottery is one of the most successful lotteries in the country. You don't privatize something that is bringing in so much money. He hates any program that affords any assistance to senior citizens, including the lottery and social security. He has no place in our government, mostly due to he is not making decisions in the best interest in Pennsylvanians.

The company Corbett is looking at selling the PA Lottery to is a British company that runs out of Canada. Not only is he looking at selling it to a foreign company, but the company is in the business of funding the Canadian Teachers Pensions. Both current teachers and retired teachers.

Why should PA citizens be playing the lottery to help fund foreign teachers pensions when Corbett has such distain for teachers?

A couple of unemotional points to consider ...

1. Camelot is contractually guaranteeing to DOUBLE Pennsylvania profits by 2033. Raising $34 billion in the 20-year span of the proposed agreement. The State has raised only $22.6 billion in its entire 40 year existence.

2. Profit commitments will be backed by $200 million in cash collateral.

3. Since the lottery will remain active - even more so - as Camelot plans to grow the program, employment of Pennsylvanians would HAVE to continue. And obviously, Pennsylvanians, who do the REAL work behind the lottery program, would still be needed. Some redundant management positions would be lost initially. So all the accusations of lost jobs and disappearing pensions is a bit overdramatic.

4. Nobody ever holds a gun to anyone's head forcing them to play lottery games or to walk into a casino, be they rich, poor or somewhere in the middle. If this is how people want to spend their money, as they do on booze, why wouldn't you want that money to stay HERE rather go to some other State?

5. There is no plan that I have heard to reduce the support to PA seniors that the lottery currently provides. Has anyone else heard otherwise?

I'm no expert on the gaming industry, and only play maybe $40-50 a month on Powerball and MegaMillion dreams. But it sure would be difficult to turn down such a guaranteed revenue stream, don't you think?

Anyone who wants to support privitazation of the lottery is crazy. Outsourcing Pennsylvania jobs to a foreign company is un-American. Camelot will run away the second it's time to pay the fiddler.