Robert Crane

Hmm.

And then the legislature took that out of the Constitution so that Bob Crane, famously one of the most corrupt-

Oh, I remember him

... politicians in Massachusetts history, became a multimillionaire running cash businesses out of the treasurer's office.

Oh my g- like-

And-

I'm like, "Wait, Bob Crane? I've heard of Bob Crane." [laughs]

Big, exactly.

So, if there's a new hotel, you're allowed to tax that, and the revenues can be over 2.5 percent.

So, Bob Crane, who was treasurer at the time, came up with the idea of the lottery.

And he had a lot of clout in the legislature.

So he said, OK, guys, you're killing the local communities, because they were cutting resources.