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JAP69 — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:56:27 GMT

I have traveled thu the mohawk valley region and the towns and villages there are turning into ghost towns .

High taxation , enviromental requirements And other operational expenses have chased industry out of the state.

With the N.Y. Lottery, money flows upriver

Lottery Post — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:45:00 GMT

The New York Lottery isn't just a game in Herkimer County.

With a dwindling tax base and shrinking corporate presence, most of the rural county's school districts rely heavily on annual distributions from the Lottery to stay afloat. One of every 10 dollars spent on education in the county comes from state-sanctioned games of chance.

Districts such as ours are high-need, low-income and low-wealth in property values, said Robert Service, superintendent of the Ilion Central School District,... [ More ]