Oklahoma lawmakers resist change in lottery formula

 
The Associated Press
Published: September 20, 2009

As state revenue plummets and officials look for ways to make government more efficient, administrators at the Oklahoma Lottery say they have a way to increase lottery prizes to stimulate sales and raise more cash for public education.

Lottery managers want state lawmakers to do away with the requirement that 35 percent of lottery sales go to education, something they say inhibits sales and actually cuts the amount of ...


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