Lt. Gov. Bill Halter set up the group to put the proposed lottery on the ballot. The lottery campaign has raised $360,350 total and has $29,288 in the bank, according to the report.

The Family Council Action Committee, which is campaigning against the measure, reported raising $206 last month and spending $447. The conservative group reported a negative balance of $195.

The Arkansas Committee for Ethics Policy, another group opposing the lottery measure, raised $801 last month and spent $3,303. It ended April with $11,822 in the bank.

Supporters of a ballot proposal must submit 61,974 signatures by July 7 to place an initiated act on the fall ballot.
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-- The Family Council also reported a negative balance in its campaign to put a measure banning gays and lesbians from fostering or adopting children on the ballot. The campaign for that initiated act reported raising $5,157 last month and spending $5,755. It ended the month with a negative balance of $456.

-- Arkansas Families First, a group campaigning against the adoption and foster care prohibition, reported raising $5,300 and has $21,882 in the bank.

-- Secure Arkansas, which is trying to put an initiated act on the ballot that would require government agencies to verify all those seeking public benefits in the state are legal U.S. residents, reported raising $215 last month. The group spent $260 and has $755 on hand.