[PaulaB]

They better figure our some way to fund the poor schools. Last year our school district distributed $55 million dollars to poorer schools in the Dallas/FT Worth school district. The Robin Hood law is a catastrophe. This again goes back to parent responsibility .....do right for your kids by getting an education or working hard to be able to afford property taxes in a great district. It is my tax money that should fund my kids..others are not my responsibility.

[Buffalo Bob]

Gambling helps only the Gaming Industry, and the illegal elements that always accompany it. Keep Texas beautiful, and keep the gaming industry OUT!

[eastforker]

Sit down at any Texas Holdem table in La. and you will find 8 of the ten there are from Texas.Texans love to gamble, I can find a game on any given night here in Houston,ranging from nickel,dime,quarter to a pot limit 5K buy in. Might as well keep it in the state rather than send it east to La.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Hey, here's an idea...

Throw all the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OUT of the Texas public schools!

[deport]

How much of the following is truth or fiction? Anyone know......

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Since the Lottery began in 1992, more than $11.3 billion* has been generated for the State of Texas! The following chart illustrates where a one-dollar Texas Lottery purchase goes.

^* Revenue to the State of Texas. Between 1992 and 1997, about $4.9 billion in lottery revenues went to the General Revenue Fund. Effective September 1, 1997, legislative action dedicated lottery revenue to the Foundation School Fund. Since 1997, $6.1 billion has gone to the Foundation School Fund, used for school districts' public education services at the local level. In FY 2003, lottery contributions equaled $888.2 million.

Unclaimed lottery prize funds revert to the State to be appropriated for health care, medical education, and other programs authorized by the state legislature.

^** Lottery Prizes. Projected prize payout.