California Lottery has highest sales in history

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CASH Only — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:41:59 GMT

That's what NY says about lottery proceeds.

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DoctorEw220 — Sat, 02 Oct 2004 06:45:45 GMT

when lotteries say the proceeds are going toward education, they usually mean scholarships, but sometimes they send the money elsewhere.

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urbossmanpimpin — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:40:57 GMT

Its the same situation here is Texas. Just the other day there were school on the news where the ceilings were caving in and there was mold in the schools....but if you go the the Texas lottery website they claim that they have transfered about 11billion to schools since Texas started the lottery. They must be spending all that money on those fabulous school lunches

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benir4u — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:22:15 GMT

Excuse me, I am a disgruntled Californian, they claim all of the money that they have invested into the schools and yet they are still crying that they don't have enough money to take care of them (the schools and children), California lottery is ripping people off here, it's fixed. They spent all this money on a lottery picking machine that does a good job of picking the numbers where they want the people to win. The bottom line is this, they are interested in helping the schools or there wou... [ More ]

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urbossmanpimpin — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:42:40 GMT

With those kinds of sales t

California Lottery has highest sales in history

Lottery Post — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:04:36 GMT

California Lottery officials announced a stellar year with estimated sales for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003-04 over $2.9 billion, representing the highest sales since the commencement of the Lottery in 1985.Also celebrating are the Lottery players who won more than $1.5 billion in prizes, and retailers who earned $205 million in commissions and bonuses. Most importantly, schools benefit with more than $1.090 billion being transferred to public schools, including $15 million (the cash value) from an unc... [ More ]