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Originally posted by tatortodd:

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When I win the powerball tonight…

I'm not telling anybody, but there will be signs:

You have your priorities in order. I would do that, but all of my guns were lost in a boating accident in the middle of the Gulf.


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ATF agent knocking on the door.
"Our records show you just bought 8,000 guns and I need to see if you still have them."

Powerball Drawing Delay

Players should hold on to tickets for Saturday's drawing
April 07, 2024

The Powerball® drawing scheduled for 10:59 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 6 has been delayed.

Tonight, we have one participating lottery that needs additional time to complete required pre-draw procedures, which have been enacted to protect the security and integrity of the Powerball game.

Powerball game rules require that every single ticket sold nationwide be checked and verified against two different computer systems before the winning numbers are drawn. This is done to ensure that every ticket sold for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equal chance to win. Tonight, we have one jurisdiction that needs extra time to complete that pre-draw process.

Please hold on to your tickets for Saturday’s Powerball drawing. When the required pre-draw procedures are complete, the Powerball drawing will be performed under the supervision of lottery security officials and independent auditors.

Probably a broken water main.

I only buy tickets when the lottery is STUPID high. I tossed 20 in for a chance. Better chance of getting struck by lightening twice. Can’t win if you don’t pay the idiot dreamer tax

It's delayed tonight the fix must be in.

I don't consider it gambling... but rather an investment in the youth of Tennessee!

The Tennessee state lottery (Power Ball lottery) has raised $7 billion for education in the state.

At one time they had more scholarship money to give away than applicants and had to lower the requirements quite a bit.

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Originally posted by cparktd:
I don't consider it gambling... but rather an investment in the youth of Tennessee!

The Tennessee state lottery (Power Ball lottery) has raised $7 billion for education in the state.

At one time they had more scholarship money to give away than applicants and had to lower the requirements quite a bit.

Same story is spun in Florida, however, if TN is anything like Florida, then lottery money toward education isn't in addition to state money. Instead the state takes the amount lottery puts toward education and spends it elsewhere, almost subsidizing the state.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by cparktd:
I don't consider it gambling... but rather an investment in the youth of Tennessee!

The Tennessee state lottery (Power Ball lottery) has raised $7 billion for education in the state.

At one time they had more scholarship money to give away than applicants and had to lower the requirements quite a bit.

Same story is spun in Florida, however, if TN is anything like Florida, then lottery money toward education isn't in addition to state money. Instead the state takes the amount lottery puts toward education and spends it elsewhere, almost subsidizing the state.

Same thing happened in Missouri and most likely many more states.

The politicians swear that you will never have to worry about schools or roads again because all the gambling money is going towards them. Then once gambling is passed they create a general fund and the money that used to go towards schools and infrastructure goes into the general fund to be spent however and the gambling money tries to replace that lost money.

No one questions why 10 years later our bridges and roads are trash and there’s no longer money for many of the usual school programs that used to be no problem.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Same story is spun in Florida, however, if TN is anything like Florida, then lottery money toward education isn't in addition to state money. Instead the state takes the amount lottery puts toward education and spends it elsewhere, almost subsidizing the state.

Florida's lottery money is paying my oldest son's university tuition for the next 4 years. It'll pay for my other two as well when they reach that point if they go to a university in Florida. The State was not paying that before the lottery money. It's called the Bright Futures Scholarship and it's funded by the lottery money.

Public K-12 schools are recieving lottery money as well. Guess whose property taxes would go up if that money disappeared.

Florida lottery money:
67.04% - prize payouts
25.00% - education
5.82% - retailer commissions
1.30% - vendor fees
0.84% - Florida Lottery administration

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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Originally posted by OttoSig:

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Originally posted by cparktd:
I don't consider it gambling... but rather an investment in the youth of Tennessee!

The Tennessee state lottery (Power Ball lottery) has raised $7 billion for education in the state.

At one time they had more scholarship money to give away than applicants and had to lower the requirements quite a bit.

Same story is spun in Florida, however, if TN is anything like Florida, then lottery money toward education isn't in addition to state money. Instead the state takes the amount lottery puts toward education and spends it elsewhere, almost subsidizing the state.

Florida's lottery money is paying my oldest son's university tuition for the next 4 years. It'll pay for my other two as well when they reach that point if they go to a university in Florida. The State was not paying that before the lottery money. It's called the Bright Futures Scholarship and it's funded by the lottery money.

And the state ain’t paying for it now. Like I said. Any lottery money that gets allocated to education, the state pulls their contributions in the same amount.

Anecdotal instances don’t change this fact.

Having been born and raised in Florida until 31 years old I’m well aware of bright futures. The story you’re telling is the one they would have you believe. “Lottery money is doing such good things” every dollar spent of lottery money simply replaces a tax dollar that gets diverted.

This could be seen as a good thing, “that’s more money to spend elsewhere”. Then why do they sell it like they do, and where else are you seeing a huge improvement?

Well, the winner weren't me.
Which of you Oregon members is going into isolation? Buying the GG volcano base?

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And the state ain’t paying for it now. Like I said. Any lottery money that gets allocated to education, the state pulls their contributions in the same amount.

The State was not funding the Bright Futures Scholarship, currently does not fund it, and only Lottery money funds it. How is that anything like what you are claiming? It's completely the opposite of what you are claiming.

There's nothing anecdotal about $8 billion dollars going toward college scholarships that was not happening without the lottery money.

There's nothing anecdotal about $23 billion of lottery money going to K-12 public schools. If it weren't coming from the lottery money, where would it come from? Where do state and local governments get the money from? Taxes.

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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And the state ain’t paying for it now. Like I said. Any lottery money that gets allocated to education, the state pulls their contributions in the same amount.

The State was not funding the Bright Futures Scholarship, currently does not fund it, and only Lottery money funds it. How is that anything like what you are claiming? It's completely the opposite of what you are claiming.

Every dollar that goes to bright futures replaces a tax dollar in education.


Lottery money is not in addition to tax dollars to education, it’s in place of.

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Every dollar that goes to bright futures replaces a tax dollar in education.

Not at all does that happen. There were no tax dollars going to Bright Futures, ever. It replaces a dollar from my pocket and anybody elses pocket paying for a college education in Florida. Bright Futures was started in 1997 along with the Florida Lottery starting in 1997.

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Lottery money is not in addition to tax dollars to education, it’s in place of.

A dollar from where? The taxpayers' pocket. What's wrong with that? If the lottery money disappeared, taxes would be raised to replace it.

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Originally posted by trapper189:

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Every dollar that goes to bright futures replaces a tax dollar in education.

Not at all does that happen. There were no tax dollars going to Bright Futures, ever. It replaces a dollar from my pocket. Bright Futures was started in 1997 along with the Florida Lottery starting in 1997.

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Lottery money is not in addition to tax dollars to education, it’s in place of.

Again, a dollar from where? The taxpayers' pocket. What's wrong with that? If the lottery money disappeared, taxes would be raised to replace it.

Okay.