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Churches’ Group Opposes State Lotteries

(Special Crspdt. N.Z.P.A.) LONDON, May 7. The Churches’ Council on gambling, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Dr. Michael Ramsey, is opposed to State lotteries. A statement released on Friday by the Rev. Gordon E. Moody, general secretary of the council, says the use of lotteries, even to achieve the best ends, tends to lead away from the rationality and justice which are essential to the proper organisation of a nation’s economy. “It cannot be the mark of a mature and responsible society that it should lean unnecessarily on gathering and distributing wealth by chance. The use of a lottery perhaps indicates sophistication rather than maturity. It is based on a short-sighted wisdom.

“There Is more to the building of a society than spending money however wisely. In its operation a lottery tends to be both inefficient and uncharitable.” The statement says a national lottery is a form of voluntary taxation.

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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31364, 9 May 1967, Page 22

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Churches’ Group Opposes State Lotteries Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31364, 9 May 1967, Page 22

Churches’ Group Opposes State Lotteries Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31364, 9 May 1967, Page 22