States Hope Lotteries Will Bring Lucky Budget Numbers to Education.

States Hope Lotteries Will Bring Lucky Budget Numbers to Education. CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Lottery proponents hit the jackpot in SouthCarolina South Carolina,state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW).Facts and FiguresArea, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. on Election Day as voters approved a state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government.Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. to fundeducation programs, including college scholarships. It was a hard-wonvictory, with activists both for and against the measure lobbyingvigorously in television and newspaper advertisements. It passed withjust 55 percent of voters approving the ballot question. Debate over the issue mirrored arguments that have erupted sincethe first modern state lottery was created more than three decades ago,Advocates' predictions of a bonanza for school funding andcritics' fears of moral degradation and a gambling trap for thepoor are not necessarily in line with the evidence, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. a newstudy on state lotteries. Of the 38 jurisdictions -- 37 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia,federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). -- with lotteries, 20 earmark earmarktaking a piece out of the edge or center of the ear with a punch as an identification mark. The shape of the mark may be registerable under local legislation. a portion of the proceeds for publiceducation, according to La Fleur's 2000 World Lottery Almanac almanac,originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. . Butthe additional money may substitute for normal appropriations ratherthan supplement them, according to "13 Ways of Looking at a StateLottery a study published in the October issue of North Carolina North Carolina,state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).Facts and FiguresArea, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Insight. The journal, published by the nonpartisan North Carolina Centerfor Public Policy Research, found "four pluses, five minuses andfour questions where the research findings are inconclusive,"according to editor Mike McLaughlin Mike McLaughlin (born October 6, 1956 in Waterloo, New York) is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. Nicknamed "Magic Shoes", McLaughlin was a perennial fan favorite, winning the Most Popular Driver award in 1997. He now works for Joe Gibbs Racing as a driving mentor for J. J. . "There are a lot of claims and counter-claims about statelotteries," he said. "We hoped to shed light on theissue." The study found that while lotteries are a small but relativelystable source of income, revenues have declined as a percentage of stateincome, from 3.5 percent in 1989 to 1.9 percent in 1997. The research is inconclusive on how much lottery revenues benefiteducation. In Georgia, the money :has been a boon for college students,providing more than $600 million in HOPE scholarships The HOPE Scholarship, created in 1993 by the state of Georgia legislature, is a university scholarship program that has been adopted by several other states. HOPE (a reverse acronym for "helping outstanding pupils educationally") is funded entirely by the revenue from the Georgia since 1993. But,the study says that in at least three states -- California, Florida andMichigan -- lottery funds "have merely substituted for normallevels of appropriations, despite the fact that lotteries had beenpromoted as boosting spending for education." Moreover, a 1996 study by Money magazine found that states withlotteries spend a lower percentage of their operating budgets oneducation than those without a lottery. Pn the other hand, somecriticism of lotteries may contradict reality, according to the study.Lottery tickets are purchased proportionally among participants from alleconomic backgrounds and they do not lead to excessive gambling, thejournal found. In South Carolina, 55 percent of voters approved a constitutionalamendment that will allow for a state lottery to pay for collegescholarships and fund public schools. Officials estimate that SouthCarolina residents cross the state border to Georgia to spend as much as$100 million on lottery tickets. A state lottery has been proposed and rejected by legislators inNorth Carolina during every legislative session since 1983. But withtight budgets expected over the next several years, and with residentsspending an estimated $86 million on ticket purchases in neighboring neigh��bor?n.1. One who lives near or next to another.2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another.3. A fellow human.4. Used as a form of familiar address.v. Virginia, pressure may mount again. Voters in the states of Washington and Virginia approved measuresto earmark lottery funds for education, but Arkansas voters rejected alottery proposal.