LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to keep the identities of some lottery winners secret has failed in the Arkansas House.
The proposal to allow winners of more than $500,000 in the state lottery to keep their identities confidential failed in the House on a 39-30 vote on Tuesday. The sponsor of the measure said the bill was aimed at protecting lottery winners’ safety.
The measure was opposed by media groups who said keeping the information secret would prevent the public from knowing if there was any misconduct in the state lottery.
The bill is among several proposals to scale back Arkansas’ public records law that legislators are considering.
