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    With all the hype about the Mega Millions jackpot, you may have missed this Canadian story: A Canadian man just won $40 million in the Lotto Max jackpot. He announced that he has big plans for his brand-new wealth: He is donating all the money away to charity. Winner Tom Crist told Canadian news station CTV that he intends to give away all the prize money to various charities and groups he chooses, including cancer research. "I just retired at the end of September so I was fortunate enough in my

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    In the 18th century, lotteries were used to finance construction of buildings at Harvard and Yale.” This shows that lottery has been around for a long time. Today, most states have adopted lottery system especially the computerized ones like mega millions and Powerball due to the world advancing technologically. This is so because these states have seen the growth of income that come from lotto. Each state has rules and time frames in which a prize can be claimed. Some states allows people to be

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    Gambling Effects on the American Economy American people like games and entertainment, and one of these games is gambling. According to crops online, a gambling website (2009), gambling is classified as an old game taking place in China back around 2300 B.C. Then around 100 D.C., King of Norway and King of Sweden resolved the District of Hising property by using two dice. In the Mediterranean countries, the deck of card was developed, and especially the French altered the deck by pulling out a man

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    that is given that otherwise would have to come from somewhere else which isn’t always an option for some states. Elisabeth Hulette of the Virginia Post says, “Educators say, the state is now using all of the lottery money” which varies “about $450 million a year” trying to meet their own goals with education funding. In other words, the lottery is trying to give everything they can to education in this case just trying to reach their own standards not the educators. Here the lottery should just be

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    PowerBall is another very popular American lottery. The record for this lottery is a win of $365 million. As with all others, you have to select your numbers and wait for the draw that take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays. PowerBall has very slim chances as there are over 100 million people playing at the same time. Players can also try their hand at the Mega MIllions jackpot. The price can rise up to 656 million for a single ticket. This lottery, unlike El Gordo, has very many players and as with the

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    The lottery offers a wonderful opportunity to possibly win millions of dollars. While this might seems amazing, it might not be as wonderful as imagined. In fact, maybe even the opposite might true as stated by numerous studies and research done since the 1970s. Lotteries have been reported to have possibly started all the way back in the Han Dynasty early 200 B.C. The first official record of a public lottery was in 1434 from the Dutch town of Sluis. The original idea of the lottery was to help

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    If you live in the United States of America then you know exactly what the Powerball is. Essentially, it is an American lottery game offered around forty-four states in the United States of America. Every day millions of people are competing to buy lottery tickets from anywhere that they can find them. This includes gas stations, grocery stores, and even in malls. The sad thing about this lottery game is that most of the income from the lottery ticket goes straight back to the state where you bought

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    Many of the Americans in today's world believe that life is not life without debt. In order to buy big ticket items or have vacations requires you to get migraines the next day thinking about the debt you have just created. I am here to tell you that it is simply false way to think of money. I am here to tell you to go out and have fun, go buy a 60 inch flat screen, go to Europe. But I am telling you to do it responsibly and with debt free burden. To live free willed with your money. Do not follow

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    HOPE Scholarship

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    HOPE scholarship and Georgia Pre-K program. How does public education benefits from the Georgia lottery? I will be doing this research to find out why public schools don’t get any type of money from the lottery. “Maximize revenues for HOPE and Pre-K” the Georgia lottery mission. “To be recognized globally as a top performer and innovative leader in the lottery industry and a trusted and valued partner for the state” the Georgia lottery vision. While doing this research I will be examining how the

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    The lottery is one of the oldest known game of chance, dating all the way back to 205 B.C. in the Han Dynasty. Being built upon pure luck, it has garnered attention all over the world in it's various forms of existence. After money began its association with the lottery in l443, it became even more popular worldwide. While existing in multiple forms, the most popular form of lottery is the randomly selected number method, where winnings are based on the correct numbers predicted. It is estimated

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