>The money collected by them is usually earmarked for one thing, used for that purpose for a while, and then raided for some other pet project. I thought the c

>The money collected by them is usually earmarked for one thing, used for that purpose for a while, and then raided for some other pet project. I thought the common plan was to shift other sources of funding for what ever the lottery is meant for. Money is fungible so the end result is basically the same, but they technically are allowed to claim the lottery money is going to where it is supposed to. Lawmakers just never mention that for every dollar the lottery makes, they take a dollar out of the normal budget allocation and put it somewhere else.