NASPL said:
In many cases lottery profits are combined with tax and other revenues in a government's general fund. In other cases lottery proceeds are dedicated to a wide range of causes, including education, economic development, the environment, programs for senior citizens, health care, sports facilities, capital construction projects, cultural activities, tax relief, and others.
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The problem we had in Texas was that the Lottery donated millions to education, however some bureaucratic bonehead decided that since education got all that $ from the lottery, it no longer needed to be allocated that amount of funding fom the state budget. Thus education was not really benefited by lotto $, it only replaced it's traditional share of the state budget with $ from the lotto. The education sector got the same amount of $, it just came from a different source. It should have BOTH it's regular budget as well as lotto $ so that education can be improved. What are govt officials afraid will happen if education gets a surplus of $$$?? Teachers may get raises comperable to a government officials salary? Wouldn't that be encouraging!
So, don't be fooled, a lotto corp saying they donate funds doesn't really mean anything sometimes.
