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Re:State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities,... by giantg2 on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:37PM (#32065286)
Supposedly they use the revenues to help the needy groups. That's their reasoning anyways.
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Re:State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities,... by samtho on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:44PM (#32065343)
In California, they give a certain amount to schools, but the state legislature uses lottery projections to justify slashing budgets to the public school system. Kind of thinking this is not how it was envisioned to work.
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Re:State lotteries transfer wealth out of needy communities,... by Spooky23 on Monday July 11, 2022 @11:46PM (#32065363)
Of course. States use cash budgets. If I give you a dollar, the general fund doesn’t need to.
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