PUBLIC SERVICE?

Parris Glendening’s answer to the problems of the elderly was to send the "Lottery on Wheels" to Maryland’s retirement and nursing homes. The residents were given the opportunity to buy tickets from visiting lottery agents, as well as win shirts, caps, and other instant prizes. In an August 8^th, 1997 statement in The Baltimore Sun, a representative of the Lottery described the program as "community service – not direct marketing."

Jonathon Yardley of The Washington Post reported on Monday, August 11, 1997 that the Maryland Lottery "...was clearly caught in the act of cloaking itself in eleemosynary garb and going after the dollars of those too feeble and vulnerable to resist. That this should have been engineered and countenanced by an agency of the State of Maryland is quite simply unspeakable."

The program to promote Lottery sales in retirement and nursing homes quickly collapsed under public pressure. "The Lottery is discontinuing these programs, effectively immediately," said Buddy W. Roogow, Director of the Maryland Lottery, "while it determines what aspects of these programs may be confusing to the public." 

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