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Nationwide, lotteries pay for far more than educationNews Story
Martha Keller is a 78-year-old resident of Altoona, Pa., who frequently takes the bus from her apartment on Walnut Avenue to her doctor's office or the local senior center. Chandni Amin is a 19-year-old nursing student at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Keller and Amin have little in common save for one thing both are benefiting directly from money raised by state lotteries. Lotteries help pay for everything from education to economic development, buses to baseball stadiums. In Penn
Jan 31, 2007, 12:06 am - Lottery News

With the N.Y. Lottery, money flows upriverNews Story
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,
Jan 30, 2007, 9:45 pm - Lottery News

High rate of Tenn. Lottery scholarships are lost by bad gradesNews Story
There is a high probability that Tennessee college students with lottery funded scholarships will lose them. A state report found 64% of students who got the scholarships two years ago failed to qualify to keep them. In translation, roughly almost two out of every three students' did not make the grade. Of the money raised by the Tennessee Lottery, 30% goes to college scholarships. Figures, just now coming in for students who received the first bunch of scholarships in 2004, are not
Jan 19, 2007, 3:12 pm - Lottery News

New Iowa Lottery ad has gambling foes fumingNews Story
Ties between collegiate sports and gambling are typically forbidden. So when a new Iowa Lottery commercial featuring the Iowa Fight Song and the Tigerhawk logo began airing Jan. 12, it should have come as no surprise that it caused some heads to turn. Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta said the Lottery did nothing wrong when it used the logos and fight song in the commercial because his office had approved the use. He added, however, that his opinion recently had changed. If I had it
Jan 19, 2007, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Court dismisses lottery suit, orders man to pay feesNews Story
A man who sued the Ohio Lottery Commission, claiming that the lottery's promise of billions of dollars for public schools was false, not only won't get the $12 billion he sued for, but also will have to pay the lottery commission's legal fees. Ron Rembert III, of Carrollton, sued the lottery in March, saying he had been defrauded by the lottery's claims of funding public education and that the lottery incorrectly processed a ticket he bought in 2000. In its ruling last week, the Ohio Cou
Sep 5, 2006, 10:58 am - Lottery News

Virginia: How the lottery has helped with your child's educationNews Story
School days in Virginia most likely begin in a school improved by the Virginia Lottery. When the lottery began in 1989, the profits went into the general fund. That changed in 2000 when voters decided by constitutional law that all lottery profits must go to public schools K-12 education. The recipient of that windfall has been taxpayers. Local governments have received millions over the years. The sounds you hear behind the old Windsor Woods Elementary School in Virginia Beach are
Aug 25, 2006, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed Tenn. lottery money to help after-school programsNews Story
The Tennessee Department of Education announced Tuesday $14 million from unclaimed lottery prizes is available for agencies to develop high-quality after-school programs for at-risk students. The Lottery Education After-School Program (LEAP) uses remaining lottery funds for community-based and faith-based organizations and other public or private organizations. We are excited to expand the number of valuable after-school programs with this additional funding, said Education Commissioner
Aug 9, 2006, 11:03 am - Lottery News

In 25 years, Arizona Lottery raised $5.5BNews Story
It was created in 1981, backed by businessmen looking for a tax break. Twenty-five years later, the Arizona Lottery has made hundreds of people millionaires while awarding $2.9 billion in prizes. It has contributed more than $1.8 billion to state and local projects and programs, far surpassing the annual revenue hopes of that original group of businessmen. From new roads and bus shelters to programs for neglected children and funding for state parks, lottery dollars have touched the liv
Jul 18, 2006, 11:06 am - Lottery News

Tech students to get nearly $1,000 from S.C. Lottery scholarshipsNews Story
Lottery-funded tuition assistance for students heading to technical college in South Carolina in fall has gone up to $996 and $83 per credit hour for part-time students. That's $60 more than was available for the summer semester. Full-time Midlands Technical College students from Richland, Lexington and Fairfield counties will pay $554 per semester in the fall. The State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education set the lottery-funded scholarship for students at 2-year schools at $
Jul 13, 2006, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery defends jackpot advertising policiesNews Story
The Texas Lottery Commission defended its Lotto Texas jackpot advertising policies yesterday, after an audit said the current practice could reduce the amount of money transferred to the state to support education. An uproar last summer over the lottery's decision to advertise four jackpots that officials knew they couldn't afford to pay cost former executive director Reagan Greer his job and shook public confidence in the games. As a result, the lottery commission approved a measure in Oc
Jul 13, 2006, 7:36 am - Lottery News