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Friday, April 20, 2007

GA lottery touts $9 billion for education

The Georgia Lottery Corporation says it’s raised more than 9-billion dollars for education in Georgia. The Georgia Lottery made the announcement just after this week’s third quarter transfer of funds into the Lottery for Education Account. It was the largest transfer to the lottery for education account in history. All Georgia lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's pre-kindergarten program.

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