Gambling Funds Distributed
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Posted: 9:57 AM Jan 5, 2009
 Last Updated: 9:57 AM Jan 5, 2009
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The Nebraska Lottery reported Monday it has distributed $6,741,792 to the various funds supported by lottery sales. The state constitution requires the bulk of the money to go for education and the environment.

In the latest round of distributions, the Education Innovation Fund received $1,331,504. The Nebraska Scholarship Fund received $1,668,594, and the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund was given $3,000,097.

The compulsive gamblers assistance fund received a little of $67,000 while the fund to support the State Fair received $674,179.

Since the lottery began in September of 1993, more than $333,000,000 has been distributed. was approved by Nebraska voters in

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Posted by: Kent on Jan 5, 2009 at 07:50 PM
What a hilarious irony! The people who did the worst at math in school are now buying lottery tickets that help improve schools. But the schools must not be putting any of the money into their math programs, because recent graduates are still buying lottery tickets. (People who graduated in the last 15 years should be smart enough not to buy lottery tickets.) Someone must think that improving the math program would be self defeating.
Posted by: Aly on Jan 5, 2009 at 07:33 PM
Sorry, RM, but the lottery money is just seen as windfall to the state. Now they can do more with all of the other taxes.
Posted by: RM on Jan 5, 2009 at 12:42 PM
A big thank you to all you gamblers the state needs more money. The more you give to the state willingly is less I have to give unwillingly, via taxes.
Posted by: J on Jan 5, 2009 at 12:15 PM
But yet we cant have Casino's in Omaha?
Posted by: Laughing at your pathetic city on Jan 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Wow 6 Million dollars. Big Deal, as oppossed to the amount of revenue the casinos brought to Iowa. Way to go Omahan's.... ya blew it!!!
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