Law enforcement warned the Obama campaign against running lotteries, but Obama is doing it again anyway. We encourage our readers to report this Web page to their states’ gambling law enforcement agencies. (Google cache of the Web page touting the lottery)Obama camp’s illegal lottery modified: Campaign’s promotion strayed into definition of banned gambling reports,
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ACORN and its questionable voter registration methods are merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to disreputable and possibly illegal election tactics. They include arguably illegal and possibly rigged–with winners selected before the entry deadline, misuse of tax exempt church resources for electioneering, and foreign contributions. Here is a convenient list of links [...]

Barack Obama expects to buy the Presidential election with eight figures’ worth of advertising on radio, television, and other media, just as his supporters at MoveOn.org claim to have bought the Democratic Party. If you circulate the following information to friends and neighbors, blogs, and other media, it will eventually reach every voter with Internet [...]

Obama’s Creative Campaign Financing Adds Misuse of Tax Exempt Church Resources
At a time when money from Washington lobbyists and special interests is polluting the political process more than ever, the question for campaigns isn’t just whether they can compete financially — it’s how they do it.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, E-mail of June 12 2007
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We reported previously that the Obama campaign was told explicitly by Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety that it was illegal to run a lottery in that state (e.g. “Dinner with Barack,” “Backstage with Barack”). The elements of a lottery consist of:

Payment of consideration (money)
An element of chance
A prize (dinner with Barack Obama, or an expenses-paid [...]

Barack and Michelle Obama’s personal statements deceive prospective donors
Despite at least one (and possibly more) complaints from Minnesota law enforcement agencies, the Obama campaign is still circulating E-mails that solicit donations in exchange to win an expenses-paid trip to the Democratic National Convention. Were it not for the very fine print disclaimers in the E-mails [...]

The change that the Obama campaign made at its Web site was cosmetic, perfunctory, and the apparent minimum necessary to avoid trouble with the law.

Now the question arises as to whether at least one lottery picked its winners at random. An E-mail from the campaign announced a winner before the entry deadline, and a cynic might speculate as to whether all the “winners”–people who would make good photo appearances with the candidate–were picked in advance.

The E-mail in question was not, however, the first of its kind from the Obama campaign. We have on file two others, both of which seem to contain all the elements of a lottery that requires payment for a chance to win. Furthermore, the wording in the second suggests that not every entrant had an equal chance to win.

Money dries up as scandals spread; campaign begs for $5 contributions to keep campaign afloat
Can you make a donation of $5 now to strengthen our movement for change?

So reads the latest pathetic appeal from Obama campaign manager David Plouffe. Even though Obama’s Internet presence and network are far more sophisticated than John McCain’s–remember that it [...]