Mike Dougherty's Blog

What do you mean ‘no debit cards’?

I’m not sure I understand the decision by Arkansas Scholarship Lottery director Ernie Passailaigue to not accept debit cards on payment for lottery.

The point of a debit card is that the user has the money in his checking account.

Maybe the debit-card system hasn’t reached South Carolina, the state from which we stole the director by offering him WAY TOO MUCH money.

As one of many people who no longer carries cash, such a ridiculous rule means I won’t be buying nearly as many tickets on impulse as I would have.

Sorry, college-bound kids. Tell it to Uncle Ernie!