Lotto in Illinois was introduced as a way to help pay for public education. You ...

derekp7 · on Aug 23, 2017

The lottery does pay for education. And the pre-existing education funds were removed. Net gain in funding: 0.

SirFatty · on Aug 23, 2017

Correct, here's a pretty good explanation. It's crazy really.

koolba · on Aug 23, 2017

Kind of funny how that works when money is fungible eh?

Same thing happened, and continues to happen, with tobacco tax dollars.

jrs235 · on Aug 23, 2017

Not only is Illinois not paying winners, they're aren't selling Powerball or Mega Millions or any multi-state lottery game.

notfromhere · on Aug 23, 2017

This is outdated. They passed a budget