Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarships

Comment #18

OneTrickpony — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:38:04 GMT

I agree gibbybah640. They would rather cut the scholarship money available than their salaries and bonuses.

I think that maintaining a 2.5 GPA should have been a criteria for scholarships from the very beginning. If the lottery scholarships were awarded after all other options were exhausted, and you worked that hard to get into college, maintaining a C average shouldn't be too difficult.

I've never seen a college or universities' books (pardon the pun), but it seems like the outrageous... [ More ]

Comment #17

gibbybah640 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 19:07:27 GMT

Are they truly serious with this..............now that the amount quoted that is allocated to education is almost $300 billion, everyone is opting to maintain their already huge inflated salaries at the expense off student education, and blame it on declining lottery ticket sales.....OMG.

Why is it so ironic that most government official and people in high office world wide (seemingly) are so hell bent on getting ahead even if it means riding on the backs of the poor and persons who can least... [ More ]

Comment #16

DELotteryPlyr — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:42:04 GMT

Maybe, just maybe... the schools will start to see that the high cost of tuition is the problem. Wonder if we will see schools start competing for good students by LOWERING the cost? Market forces at work

Comment #15

Tialuvslotto — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 12:33:07 GMT

You got it, Goteki!

That was exactly my reaction when I read the article.

Comment #14

Goteki54 — Sun, 06 Mar 2016 12:30:39 GMT

Schlorships are merely masking or trying to mask the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Fallig lottery revenue isn't th problem.The run away cost of college tution is the real problem. Why does college tution come with suh an astronomical cost when it never use to be this way? Why does college tution contiues to rise? etc There has been many stories on how college education has become a big scam. As wages continue to fall and the cost of tution continues to rise, that is not good at all.

Comment #13

Coin Toss — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:07:41 GMT

Interesting that this news article also mentions some of the promises that the pro-lottery politicians in Alabama are promoting. If a lottery fulfills those promises that's one thing, but if the government people are all for it only seeing it as a means to stuff their own pockets that's quite another.

Comment #12

VickiCurtis — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:18:10 GMT

For safety reasons, the name should not be made known.

Comment #11

dauzzo101 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:17:29 GMT

Comment #10

R151413 — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 07:28:31 GMT

Are the lottery officials paid from lottery revenue? If so, that would be an area to consider budget cuts.

Comment #9

myturn — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 03:23:47 GMT

State lotteries can increase revenue by offering subscription services, New York and Massachusetts offer subscription services. In New York you have to have a New York state address, in Massachusetts you can play from anywhere in the US.

Comment #8

ProfessorChaos — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:02:47 GMT

I agree. Lets see the bonuses those lottery executives give themselves. I bet some of them are five figures.

Comment #7

maximumfun — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:20:02 GMT

I also agree with that. Free money is a scary concept for the legislature to have in their minds whilst they are determining budgets.

Comment #6

Stack47 — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:45:24 GMT

Now lawmakers in at least eight states have made or are considering making dramatic cuts to scholarship programs funded by lotteries.

It looks like the legislators are blaming lottery players because they can't keep their promises. It's always the same, legislators spend money before they know how much money they have to spend.

Comment #5

HoLeeKau — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:20:50 GMT

Well, now I guess we know why so many New Mexico student loans are in default. They learned how to budget from UNM.

Comment #4

Groppo — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:15:47 GMT

It's a doggone shame, ain't it?

I wish things were more like the old days.

But, even back then, people would still be wanting older and older days.

Next thing you know, the headlines would read: Titanic sunk, Great loss of life. .. . . . , etc.

Comment #3

spartan1707 — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 19:59:09 GMT

Lol this is hilarious they aka the schools already receive tax dollars plus lottery money. It's called greed period.

Comment #2

bigdaddy — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 18:51:52 GMT

audit the books

Comment #1

dallascowboyfan — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:40:51 GMT

I'm with Rep. Jason Harper the scholarships serve as a bridge for students after all other financial aid is exhausted.

Falling lottery sales pinch college scholarships

Lottery Post — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:23:09 GMT

The ticket-buying frenzy that erupted over January's $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot wasn't enough to reverse a long-running trend: Proceeds from lottery games aren't keeping pace with the higher education costs they were supposed to pay.

Now lawmakers in at least eight states have made or are considering making dramatic cuts to scholarship programs funded by lotteries. The programs, aimed at opening access to college by providing nearly free tuition, include one at the University of New Mexic... [ More ]