Georgia Lottery had record sales

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Stack47 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:23:20 GMT

Last year the Georgia legislators questioned the bonuses given to lottery officials after record sales and record profits. Records were set again this year so it looks like the bonuses are justified.

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konane — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:03:33 GMT

Clear demonstration people have confidence in what they can see ..... live ball-in-machine drawings .... performed 3 times a day by real breathing people. Doesn't get any better than that

Georgia Lottery had record sales

Lottery Post — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:48:01 GMT

A struggling economy hasn't kept Georgians from buying lottery tickets.

The Georgia Lottery announced Tuesday that sales for fiscal 2008, which ended June 30, were just under $3.52 billion, a record in the 15-year history of the games.

That's more than $97.6 million ahead of last year's record sales.

The Georgia Lottery transferred $858 million of that to the state for education programs, surpassing last year's record transfer by more than $4.8 million.

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