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    <title>Florida Lawmaker: Large unclaimed lotto prizes should go to education</title>
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      <title>Comment #7</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/73595/131465</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Now you're talking!  (I need to find a way to get Vince into a Florida legislative job...]]></description>
      <category>Todd</category>
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      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/73595/131461</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:05:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>vincejr</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Personally, I think all unclaimed jackpots should be given to Todd.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #5</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Littleoldlady</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[For any unclaimed jackpots over a certain amount, they could split it with K-12 education which is hurting for money everywhere.]]></description>
      <category>Littleoldlady</category>
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      <title>Comment #4</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/73595/131209</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2003 01:57:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>smd173</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[By law the PA Lottery is required to put any unclaimed prizes back into the prize fund. The problem is they usually roll it into some $5 scratch off ticket.I say that if a $50 Million jackpot isn't claimed, then that prize money should be put back into the fund for the game in which it was played.Right now the Florida Lotto is at $6 Mil, image how cool it would be to have it suddenly balloon to $56 Mil]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #3</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2003 01:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[A good recent example of a state lottery reusing jackpot funds to fuel bigger prizes was when the Michican Lottery retired Michigan Millions and started Winfall in January.  There were something like 5 Winfall drawings in a row that they disbursed all the built-up Michigan Millions money, and the players loved it.  (Too bad Winfall didn't have better staying power after that.]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #2</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:24:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Bradly_60</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[I would have to agree with that.  Why should all that money that was given as a prize go back to the state.  The state already got their share on the sales of a $50 million jackpot anyway.  Give it back to the players that bought tickets.Brad]]></description>
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      <title>Comment #1</title>
      <link>http://www.lotterypost.com/news/73595/131008</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>CASH Only</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[All unclaimed money should be returned in the form of PRIZES-otherwise why should the lottery ask players to look for ticket(s) about to expire.Many lotteries are required to return a certain % back to players as prizes.]]></description>
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      <title>Florida Lawmaker: Large unclaimed lotto prizes should go to education</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Todd</dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Instead of using an unclaimed $50 million Lotto jackpot to try to get more people to gamble, the state should have been able to spend the money on schools, a state lawmaker said Friday.Rep. Charlie Justice said he plans to file a bill that would allow large unclaimed prizes -- like the $50 million that a ticket holder failed to claim this week before a 180-day deadline passed -- to be used for education.Right now, all unclaimed money returns to the Lottery, which has to use it for promotions. Th... [&nbsp;<a href="http://www.lotterypost.com/news/73595">More</a>&nbsp;]]]></description>
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