Lottery Winners Make Large Charitable Donations

Posted on August 28th, 2010

Lotteries provide a lot of money for good causes. In most lottery states the money generated by lotteries is used to fund education and provide scholarships for economically disadvantaged students who could not attend college without the lottery funded scholarships. In Pennsylvania the state lottery funds veterans and senior citizen programs. The Pennsylvania lottery provides [...]



California State Lottery and Proposition 1 C

Posted on April 28th, 2009

On May 19th voters in California will have the ability to change the way California’s state lottery does business and funds education. Prop 1c is a measure designed to close the massive budget gap California is now facing. Essentially the ballot measure would allow the state to borrow against future California lottery revenues.
Proponents say that [...]



Powerball Welcomes Florida

Posted on October 5th, 2008

It’s official! Florida will now be joining the states that offer their citizens the opportunity to play the Powerball Lottery. The number of states offering Powerball now stands at 32 states including, Arizona Lottery, Colorado Lottery, Connecticut Lottery, D.C. Lottery (District of Columbia), Delaware Lottery, Idaho Lottery, Hoosier Lottery (Indiana), Iowa Lottery, Kansas Lottery, Kentucky [...]