State sponsored lotteries diminish local and state tax. According to a 2000 study by Arkansas advocates for children and families, the average taxpayer spends about 5.7 percent of their income on state and local sales taxes. At this rate the estimated 169 million dollars spent on lottery sales will result in the loss of about 9.6 million dollars in state and local sales tax revenue. “Convenience stores have reported that selling lottery tickets hurt their business due to: employee time required selling tickets, subsequent shoplifting increase because of inattentiveness by employees occupied with lottery sales, and lost sales due to longer lives resulting from lottery customers.” (arragopwing.com) This quote means that convenient stores have realized that the lottery has brought their business down. They also realized that their employees have been spending too much time on lottery customers rather than customers who come to buy food and that have resulted in theft.