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Misguided. eric sean has this report. >> they are supposed to be used only for essentials, not covered by food stamps. but instead, reports say money from electronic benefit transfer, or ebt cards, which are like atm cards, has been spent on anything but. >> they buy beer with it, lottery tickets. they've been used in atm's in casinos. they've been used in liquor stores and certainly we also have evidence that they've been used in various strip clubs. >> more than ten states passed legislation restricting the use of the cards, clamping down on what some lawmakers brand as brazen ebt abuses. in...

They are like atm cards, intended to be used for essentials that food stamps don't cover. there are reports that some people shockingly use the taxpayer money cards for alcohol, lottery tickets and even at strip clubs. new york is one of several states taking action against what lawmakers say are brazen ebt abuses. they passed a bill that would bar card holders from buying nonessentials or making atm withdrawals with those words at certain places like liquor stores. >> it could be up to some $300 that they then take and buy cigarettes, beer, and lot lee tickets witness. lottery tickets witness...