As Fla. lottery sales slow, schools stand to lose

Comment #16

JAP69 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:34:20 GMT

Tennesse should take heed of this news release of slower revenue.

There was just a news article about tenn having a surplus in lottery money and looking to figure out what to do with it. Save it for the dry spell.

Tenn could put the excess in interest bearing accts with the interest to go to school budget shorfalls.

Comment #15

GamerMom — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:25:14 GMT

I think they lost a lot of momentum with the lottery when they changed it to the pick your jackpot thing, 1,2 or 3 bucks. Really who wants to lose 3 bucks when you can only lose 1? LOL

Comment #14

jackpotismine — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:16:02 GMT

Those freakin' crooks. You pick the winning numbers and they the government take about half. They're the biggest mafia.

Comment #13

Stack47 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:58:14 GMT

People living in Key West don't drive to GA and ask the clerk for $2 worth of Mega Millions tickets twice a week?

Considering the MM odds, it would make more sense to blow $100 on Lotto tickets instead (and save me the backache.)

I live in a Mega Millions state and hardly play it because I only have 1 in 40 chance of winning anything. There probably are people that live close to the GA border that play when the jackpot is huge and maybe a few people in the Orlando or even Miami do to... [ More ]

Comment #12

justxploring — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:12:00 GMT

Lottery sales are still expected to grow from this year's $1.28 billion.

IMO I think the state is making a ton of money, considering the current economy. What do they expect with all the foreclosures, high unemployment and inflation?

Lollipop, maybe we should start a poll. I disagree that many people in FL drive to GA, but I could be wrong. From my neck of the woods, it would take me an entire day to get to GA and back plus around $100 in gas. I can see driving from Jacksonville or the P... [ More ]

Comment #11

mylollipop — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:54:32 GMT

Many Floridians spend their lottery money next door in Georgia playing MM. So Florida, wake up! Bring MM to Florida and keep your Dollar$ at home! for Florida schools.

Comment #10

MeFirstYouLast — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:54:13 GMT

I guess the crooks in government, called politicians, forgot that the original concept of the lottery was to support education, not replace it. Having said that, they immediately started not providing funds for education. Remember the tobacco fiasco? The states were supposed to help smokers stop smoking. Instead they started spending like $10M lottery winners - stupidly! Tobacco money is gone, so the state government started raising taxes to support their habit of spending money. Now that people... [ More ]

Comment #9

JordanT1021 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:28:22 GMT

i played the fl lottery last time i went to orlando. i won nothing. the scratch off's are horrible... i bet that scratch off's are worst in bigger states

Comment #8

Coin Toss — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:27:13 GMT

The Florida schools might lose some funding as a result of this but all too often any state with a lottery that talks about bucks for education uses voo doo accounting and those bucks for education become part of a shell game.

The money from the lottery does indeed go into the school system, but an equal or greater sum is taken out of the school system from somewhere else.

That's not the lottery's fault, but it makes the lottery appear to be the bad guy when there is a shell game going on.... [ More ]

Comment #7

flamarko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:56:45 GMT

Never mind.

I just spoke with a customer service rep at FLA LOTTERY on the phone.

IT IS TRUE.

MAY 19th is the DAY for MIDDAY DRAWS!!!!

:)

HOOORAY

Comment #6

flamarko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:49:07 GMT

Do you happen to have any info (online) about this ?

The Florida Lottery website has nothing on this in any section of their website.

And my local stores seem to be clueless..

Any info would be great.

THanks

David

Comment #5

mil0724 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:03:26 GMT

Yep. The new drawing will be at 1:30 pm. So you can win twice in one day!

Good luck

Comment #4

flamarko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:48:37 GMT

THANKS GOD

Now I don't have to wait til 8 p.m. anymore.

Comment #3

mil0724 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:04:44 GMT

Flamarko,

Maybe someone heard you because I saw a sign at the store tonight that said Florida will start a Midday drawing on May 19th. Hooray

Comment #2

flamarko — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:10:29 GMT

Well..

If they expanded their horizons a bit and:

#1 Offered a Midday Game too. (How much can that costs to host?)

#2 Offered Online Betting options (and sales to people in other states)

would be a great start

Comment #1

Stack47 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:53:02 GMT

Sansom and other House leaders oppose expansion of gambling and say that the slow growth in the lottery is proof that balancing the budget on bettors' habits is unwise.

Translation: Since the budget Sansom and other purposed is higher than revenues, they must blame it on slower than expected lottery sales.

The average tax payer knows they can't spend more than they make in a year and their budget isn't depended upon hitting the lottery for extra income, but apparently Sansom and the other... [ More ]

As Fla. lottery sales slow, schools stand to lose

Lottery Post — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:46:25 GMT

Penny-pinching Floridians aren't playing the lottery as much as expected, and that's bad news for state legislators trying to minimize school budget cuts next year.

Lackluster ticket sales have prompted state economists to reduce their projection for this year's sales by $47 million. They also scaled back projections for the next two years by $159 million.

The news just gets better and better, huh? said a wry Rep. Ray Sansom, R-Destin, the House budget chairman.

The lower predictions... [ More ]