#Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship

Lisa Folsom prints out a Powerball lottery ticket for a customer at the Circle K convenience store on John F. Kennedy Blvd. in North Little Rock on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey) A $2 billion Powerball jackpot fueled the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's fortunes in November. The lottery's revenue in November increased…

The Arkansas Problem Gambling Council will start work as the Arkansas Racing Commission's provider of educational and treatment services for Arkansans with gambling disorders next week, nearly four years after voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the commission to provide at least $200000 a year for gambling disorder and treatment…

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery tickets are shown in this file photo. With the average price of gasoline in Arkansas rising, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery's revenue and the amount raised for college scholarships in April slipped from a year ago. "Record fuel prices, a higher ring in the grocery lane, and rising interest rates have all combined to…

The Arkansas Racing Commission and the state Department of Finance and Administration have not fulfilled their constitutional duty to establish compulsive-gambling-disorder treatment and educational programs, a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims. Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution requires the Racing Commission to provide at least $200000…