Lottery funds = Vikings Stadium?

I wrote more about this on Allvoices.com (click Lottery Funds = for the article), but I discovered today the Vikings are now considering using lottery funds to help finance a new stadium.

It sounds like a good idea on the surface, and it doesn't seem the NFL would have any problem with gambling dollars being used to finance a new stadium, as it's been done in Baltimore. But, wasn't the Minnesota State Lottery money supposed to go for...environmental concerns?

Of course, I doubt the "environmental concerns" have gotten ALL of the proceeds of the state lottery that's been in existence since 1988. But, I do wonder whether the Vikings would have to go through any red tape to re-appropriate some of the lottery money.

The racino idea didn't seem to go over so well; and certainly, the public doesn't want to put up a huge chunk of the money of a stadium that's probably going to cost over $1 billion when all is said and done. And, Governor Dayton has concerns about the lottery dollars being a "reliable" source of revenue.

However, the Vikings' scratch-off game was the highest selling lottery game in the state last year. It might actually be worth looking into.