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Georgia Lottery
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Since 1993, the Georgia Lottery has been changing people's lives for ever. The Georgia Lottery offers a variety of games to win the millions that you have always dreamed about. The Mega Millions game is Georgia's biggest lottery. Players have two chances to win, with weekly drawings every Tuesday and Friday evening. GA's Lotto South Game gives players the chance to win millions with its weekly drawings, held every Wednesday and Saturday night. Match 5 numbers in the Fantasy 5 Lottery and you will be a winner.
In the four years that the Georgia Lottery for Education has been in existence, most of the net lottery proceeds have been allocated to the prekindergarten program. Table 2 shows that each the distribution of money has been roughly equal across spending categories. However, each year spending priorities shift, as illustrated in Table 3 and Figure 2, which show the distribution of net lottery proceeds by year.
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The Georgia Lottery celebrates its first anniversary at Underground Atlanta. Rebecca Paul releases year-end figures reflecting total sales of $1.1 Billion. First-year per capita sales of $164.81 eclipse the previous record of $128 set by Florida in 1988.
The Georgia Lottery for Education has raised nearly $2 billion for education by the end of the fourth fiscal year. The lottery has enjoyed increasing ticket sales each year, from $1.1 billion the first year to $1.7 billion in fiscal year 1997. Lottery ticket sales have grossed nearly $5.9 billion in the four years of operation.
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Governor Roy Barnes announced three new appointments to the board of directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation. The three new members are Sylvan M. Byck, Jr., J. Timothy Shelnut and Matthew Ware. They will be sworn in to the GLC's board of directors on July 19, 2000. They replace Wyckliffe Knox, Arnold Tenenbaum and Cecil Phillips whose terms had expired.
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