Arkansas Lottery Commission
Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act establishes the creation of the Arkansas Lottery Commission. The subchapter establishes the Commission or Lottery as a self-supporting and revenue-raising agency of the state. The commission has 9 members by law, of whom three are appointed by the Governor, three are appointed by the Speaker of the state House of Representatives, and three are appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the state Senate. After the initial appointment of commissioners, the normal term of each commissioner is six years. Commissioners may not serve more than two terms of six years and may not be General Assembly members or anyone in their immediate family.
Current Commissioners
- Ben Pickard, Chair (Searcy)
- Dr. George Hammons, Vice Chair (Pine Bluff)
- Steve Faris, Secretary-Treasurer (Central)
- Dianne Lamberth, Past Immediate Chair (Batesville)
- John C. (Smokey) Campbell, III (Hot Springs)
- Bruce R. Engstrom (North Little Rock)
- Raymond Frazier (Little Rock)
- Mike Malone (Fayetteville)
- Patty Shipp (Morrilton)
Former Commissioners
- Ray Thornton, former Chair and also former member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- Susan Ward-Jones
- Derrick Smith
- Joe White
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