Bill allowing Oklahoma Lottery to increase prizes heads to the Senate floor

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JKTAYLOR1 — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 22:44:15 GMT

Although I live in Georgia, I'm from Oklahoma and I do not and will not play the lottery when I go home. They did away with the cash 4 and with the cash 3 you have to spent $2.00 to play 1 number if you want to box it. In Oklahoma you cannot play a cash 3 for $1.00 straight/box. You have to play it for $1 straight and to box it you have to play it $1 box.

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djpowerball1234 — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:24:44 GMT

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ressuccess — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:31:26 GMT

I'm happy that they're increasing the payouts helping out the schools.

Bill allowing Oklahoma Lottery to increase prizes heads to the Senate floor

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:18:54 GMT

A bill moving through the Oklahoma statehouse would allow the state's lottery to increase prizes in hopes of generating more dollars for schools and boost the payout to education by about $100 million over the next five years.

For years, lottery officials have asked lawmakers to let them plug more dollars into prizes in hopes it would increase participation and add more money to educational coffers.

And for years, lawmakers balked.

But this year, faced with a huge budget hole, lawmakers... [ More ]