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Lotto in Illinois was introduced as a way to help pay for public education. You can guess how that ended up... hell, they were not even paying the winners for
by SirFatty 9y ago
Lotto in Illinois was introduced as a way to help pay for public education. You can guess how that ended up... hell, they were not even paying the winners for a while (maybe they still are not).
- derekp7 9y agoThe lottery does pay for education. And the pre-existing education funds were removed. Net gain in funding: 0.
- koolba 9y agoKind of funny how that works when money is fungible eh? Same thing happened, and continues to happen, with tobacco tax dollars.
- SirFatty 9y agoCorrect, here's a pretty good explanation. It's crazy really. https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/why-the-illinois-lotterys-been-no-jackpot-for-schools/72a184e8-f0b7-4f0e-b2e0-3ff4313bffed https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/why-the-illinois-lot...
- jrs235 9y agoNot only is Illinois not paying winners, they're aren't selling Powerball or Mega Millions or any multi-state lottery game. http://wgntv.com/2017/06/27/powerball-mega-millions-ticket-sales-to-be-suspended-prize-payments-delayed/ http://wgntv.com/2017/06/27/powerball-mega-millions-ticket-s...
- notfromhere 9y agoThis is outdated. They passed a budget