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ME's Governor Proposes Selling Lottery Revenues

By Fred Bever on Tuesday, January 11, 2005.

New Hampshire's Governor Lynch is not the only New England governor facing deficits.
Next door in Maine, Governor John Baldacci must address a 730 million dollar budget gap.
But Baldacci has offered Mainers a new option.
He's proposed selling off future state lottery profits in return for a big up-front payment.
Maine Public Radio's Fred Bever reports.

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