Want A ‘Kwikie’? New Name For Lottery Ticket Sparks Concern In Maine
” Convenience-store owners in Maine are concerned that the state lottery wants to rebrand its scratch-off lottery tickets as “Kwikies.”
“That’s going to be real uncomfortable for my girls behind the register to have guys come in and say, ‘Hey, give me a Kwikie,’” David Welch, owner of Village Market in Fairfield, Me., told the Bangor Daily News after receiving a letter from the Maine State Lottery informing him of the plan.”
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I’m not even going to comment…
As a Mainer, I felt compelled to blog about this issue..
http://moviewriternyu.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/maine-lottery-bows-to-pressure-and-changes-name-of-scratch-off-game-to/
Thanks for the tip . Reblog in progress . Have no fear of foul intentions on my part . I love Maine . This post was just too good to pass up .
I hear you. I read the Bangor Daily News this morning, and I cringed when I read that article. UGH!
Don’t take offense . It’s no reflection on Mainer’s . It only proves that government is the same everywhere … thoughtless and ignorant .