State audit questions Georgia Lottery business practices despite record profits to education

Comment #12

wonandwon — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 01:23:08 GMT

glad to know there is some one paying attention to the Georgia lottery. The lottery officals salaries are too high and I do not feel as if the Governor should have so much power over the lottery program.

Comment #11

Groppo — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:55:58 GMT

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I don't know. But I do think the wheelbarrow full of asphalt would get tiresome,

BUT they'd (the county) would soon get my point:

To fix the roads right the first time.

Comment #10

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:37:50 GMT

So, if you put in a call to fix a pothole, but you DON'T want a truck to go to the pothole to fix it, do you expect them to push a wheelbarrow full of asphalt to fix it?

Fact is, it's not only weather that damages roads. It's trucks (which carry goods to help keep the economy going), and cars (people going to and from work, or shopping, making and spending money to help keep the economy going). Things that get used, (roads) will wear out. By the way, the guys that fix the potholes are making... [ More ]

Comment #9

KY Floyd — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:27:57 GMT

There's a really simple fix if they want to get the contribution to education up to 35%. Since the current contribution is about 25% and the share of ticket sales that's paid out as prizes is almost 64% all they have to do is reduce the portion that goes to prizes to about 54% and add the extra 10% to the education contribution.

It's possible that sales will be lower, but 35% of sales is 35% of sales no matter what the dollar value is.

Comment #8

Groppo — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:23:32 GMT

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Well, I know a thing or two, for certain (I'm not sure this it what you had in mind, Mr./Ms. Spartan1707),

but here it is:

What the heck do incoming lotto tax dollars have to do with the education system?

Wouldn't the 'extra' incoming lotto dollars be better used to fix our roads?

EVERY single state I've been in, has road problems that need to be ironed out:

potholes, rain grooves, weather damage, due to the excessive rain and snow.

Roads that need repairing for the 8 m... [ More ]

Comment #7

spartan1707 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:05:27 GMT

This proves what we as players already know.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:23:56 GMT

What was the other state lottery GA compared itself to? I feel it is either New York or Massachusetts

Comment #5

konane — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:55:57 GMT

There is a Georgia Lottery app for both Andrioid and iPhone. App includes a ticket scanner with is awesome.

However that app does not include the ability to play the following:

Cash 3

Cash 4

Georgia Five

Jumbo Bucks Lotto

Cash 4Life

All or Nothing

5 Card Cash

They might consider adding the following to their app which seem to be viable games:

Cash 3 day evening

Cash 4 day evening

Jumbo Bucks Lotto

Cash 4 Life

Since

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:44:50 GMT

Not just Georgia, but states that hype the 'bux for education' program practice voodoo accosting. The lottery pumps a certain amount of money into the education system, yes, or appears to, but takes and equal or greater amount out elsewhere in the system.

Follow the money so to speak, track the states saying that they put so much into the state edu. system then follow that same states' teachers layoffs, reductions, etc....

Does not compute.

Comment #3

Sherita — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:29:13 GMT

What about that bogus Georgia Five? A BIG Rip off! Marge and Rebecca are missed! Debbie needs to exit stage left

Comment #2

destinycreation — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:27:50 GMT

You don't have the option to play Split Pair, because you would hit more often playing Split Pair. It would be easier to win.

Comment #1

johnnyj1 — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:21:52 GMT

Still hadn't figured out why My Great state of Georgia won't let us play Cash 3 split pair. Only front pair or back pair... I wonder how much money it's saving in payouts not giving us this option... I guess the old saying is true The house always wins..

State audit questions Georgia Lottery business practices despite record profits to education

Lottery Post — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 22:31:22 GMT

Georgia sells more lottery tickets per capita than all but one other state lottery, according to a state audit of the Georgia Lottery Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency that runs it.

But a steadily declining portion of lottery revenues flow back to the education programs the lottery is required by law to fund, and the corporation that runs the lottery needs to reform its business practices, according to auditors in the Performance Audit Division of the Georgia Department of Audits and... [ More ]