By Bob Katzen

Another proposal before the Revenue Committee would create a special commission to examine and study the distribution of Lottery revenues to cities and towns. The commission would examine the current distribution of Lottery revenues and provide recommendations to improve distributional equity of those revenues.

Supporters say that the current system does not work well and is unfair to many cities and towns. They argued that the study would also examine whether the revenue should be distributed to municipalities in proportion to the municipality’s residents’ spending on the Lottery.

Rep. Adam Scanlon (D-North Attleborough), the sponsor of the bill, did not respond to repeated requests by Beacon Hill Roll Call asking him why he sponsored the legislation.