http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783 Lottery Post News Story: New York Lottery axes $1.4M in scholarships after taking in $7.5 billion in 2008 en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1239073 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1239073 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:06:43 GMT bashley572 bashley572 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1239073 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1238376 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1238376 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:59:26 GMT jarasan jarasan http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1238376 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1238065 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1238065 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:42:31 GMT jarasan jarasan http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1238065 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237963 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237963 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:49:46 GMT KY Floyd KY Floyd http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237963 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237962 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237962 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:47:12 GMT KY Floyd
Instead of eliminating scholarships I'd rather see it done as a reduction in aid to the actual schools. For 1150 schools, it would be an average reduction of $1217.39*. They could save that by not driving the school buses to a couple of football or basketball games.

*Notice how close that is... [ More ]]]> KY Floyd http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237962 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237826 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237826 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:11:24 GMT jarasan
Last year, the agency gave out about 53% of its income about $3.97 billion in prizes and about 34%, or $2.56 on education .

WOW $2.56, definitely they mean $2.56 Billion, right? OK $2,560,000,000 not $2.56, enough to buy one Filet O Fish, no actually just half a Filet O Fish.

$1.4 million is $1,400,000. $1.4M of $2.56B is .000546875% of $2.56B (2,560,000,000 USAmerican dollars)! This is exactly what is wrong with having bureaucrats running the lottery, they write rules, man... [ More ]]]> jarasan http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237826 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237804 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237804 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:30:41 GMT Todd Todd http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237804 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237786 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237786 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:01:57 GMT bambini bambini http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237786 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237743 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783/1237743 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:10:26 GMT Littleoldlady More ]]]> Littleoldlady http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237743 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/189783 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:48:44 GMT Todd
One student from every high school in the state has been eligible for a $5,000 Leaders of Tomorrow scholarship since 2000.

The cut will save the agency, which took in about $7.5 billion in revenues last year, about $1.4 million.

A Lottery spokeswoman said the cut was necessary to comply with Gov. Paterson's request that all agencies cut abo... [ More ]]]> * Original News Story http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=1237354