据当地媒体报道，近日田纳西州参议员吉姆·萨默维尔提交立法议案，要求禁止州彩票业在所有媒体，包括电视、广播和广告牌上进行彩票销售的宣传广告。
萨默维尔对彩票发行一贯不友好，他说：“我不明白彩票销售为什么要做广告，如果人们想要玩彩票，他们自然会去买。”据悉，该议案将禁止彩票的经营组织、田纳西州教育彩票公司、以及彩票零售商在任何媒体上进行彩票销售的广告宣传。但零售商可以在其经营场所或销售点张贴销售彩票的信息。如果该法案获得批准，它可能会在2012年7月份生效。
田纳西州在2002年通过投票批准彩票发行，两年后彩票开始销售。自那时开始，田纳西州彩票销售收入已超过81亿美元，为州教育项目提供了20亿美元的资金支持。
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According to local media reports, the recent Tennessee Senator Jim Somerville to submit legislative proposals to ban the state lottery industry in all media, including ticket sales on the television, radio and billboard advertisements.
Somerville on the lottery issue has always been unfriendly, he said: “I do not understand why should advertising of lottery sales, if people want to play the lottery, they will naturally buy.” It is reported that the bill would prohibit the lottery business organizations, Tennessee the state Education lottery Corporation, as well as lottery retailer lottery sales of advertising in any media. Retailers can be posted in its place of business or point of sale, sales of lottery information. If the bill is approved at the January 10, 2012 after the state legislature, it may take effect in July 2012.
Tennessee in 2002 voted to approve the lottery issue, two years after the lottery began selling. Since then, the Tennessee lottery sales revenue has more than 8.1 billion U.S. dollars, to provide $ 2 billion of financial support for state education projects.