Most Kentucky Lottery players don't know where the money goes

Comment #8

Chip P — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:29:01 GMT

Todd:

Your site is a great way to reach players. Although they may not be as active as we are in KY, I can promise you every PR shop in this industry is well aware of Lottery Post - and they're reading what's written! You do a terrific job of managing the best site out there in terms of news and information from the player perspective, and I really appreciate the opportunity to reach out to others with facts and insights.

Comment #7

Todd — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:25:09 GMT

Thanks Chip for posting your message. I know the players here always appreciate hearing directly from folks at the state lottery offices. Sometimes (not speaking about any state in particular) it seems that there is a wall of separation between the players and the folks running the lottery, and I wish more lottery personnel would chime in as you have done. An open dialog always fosters more trust

Comment #6

Chip P — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:49:26 GMT

Hi folks. Chip from the KY Lottery here. I'm seeing a tremendous amount on conjecture and misinformation in the posts that precede mine, so I hope you'll give me a minute to set the story straight.

How someone could say there's no accountability here is surprising. We're on open book - check our website at www.kylottery.com to see where our proceeds go, how many scholarships and grants have gone to each county and each school in our state, etc. If the info you want isn't there, let me know an... [ More ]

Comment #5

rdgrnr — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:25:42 GMT

Citizen: Where does the money go?

Lawmaker: There's a law prohibiting us from telling you where the money goes.

Citizen: Who in the hell wrote a stupid law like that?

Lawmaker: Uh, we did.

Citizen: Is that so you can steal money?

Lawmaker: There's a law prohibiting us from answering that.

Citizen: Did you write that law too?

Lawmaker: Uh, yeah.

Citizen: Well alrighty then.

Constable: Move along now folks, there's nothing more to see here. Go on back to your homes. Go o... [ More ]

Comment #4

Littleoldlady — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:40:42 GMT

Because Ky is a commonwealth instead of a state, they can pretty much do what they want. It wouldn't surprise me where the money is going. Some for education and some for shenanigans. I am however shocked that for 8 years education got no money..no wonder their teachers run to TN so they can make higher salaries. Their elementary, middle and high school conditions are shameful in some areas.

Comment #3

PERDUE — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:09:02 GMT

Lottery officials desperately want Kentuckians to know about success stories like Hughes.

Statutorily we are prohibited from mentioning programs that benefit from proceeds in an advertisement for the lottery, Gleason said.

Every other lottery in the nation is allowed to advertise where the money goes.

Kentucky Lottery officials believe they could be taking in up to $40 million more if they could advertise where the money is distributed.

State Rep. Reginald Meeks, of Louisville, rece... [ More ]

Comment #2

TonyZinc — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:51:16 GMT

Probaly that money go to pocket of lottery officers,hahaha

Comment #1

dphillips — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:39:54 GMT

There doesn't appear to be any accountability and that's not good. Well, let's hope the money is geared toward education because I don't want to hear Kentucky is going broke

Most Kentucky Lottery players don't know where the money goes

Lottery Post — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:52:59 GMT

Kentucky is only state with odd law that prohibits advertising where funds go

Includes video report

Since its inception, the Kentucky Lottery has taken in $12.5 billion. A recent study said most people in the commonwealth have no idea where that money goes.

A local TV station has been investigating how much of that Powerball cash actually goes to Kentucky.

Kentucky Lottery officials believe they could be taking in more money if Kentuckians were better informed about lottery proce... [ More ]