Where does lottery money go?

Americans spent over 105 billion dollars on lottery tickets in 2021, according to SmartAsset. NBC’s Zinhle Essamuah has more on where all the money from ticket sales goes when it is not given solely to the winners.

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[YippydaSnoop]

I remember hearing California lottery tickets were going to help schools and yet all the teachers and principal are begging for money saying they could barely make it asking for supplies so many losers buy tickets why is my children schools begging for money then

[PsyQoBoy]

We'll get to a trillion dollar lottery ticket when you have to guess from 1 to 200.

[robertopalomino]

In Arizona most people that play think the money goes to education and community programs but in reality 2/3 goes to the general fund.

[elanguevara]

So a percentage of the lottery tax wins goes to fund gambling addiction programs? Kind of like a company who makes the fire extinguishers for the matches they make too eh?

[innocentrage]

Most of it goes to the government in the form of taxes

[teamginger]

In my state, we had a Democrat governor that promised we would use the money for education. Not sure what happened but we gave up spelling to salvage English, don't even ask me about math!!!

[BEEZY]

Didn’t somebody win in California for the 1.5 billion a few months ago

[scottrobertson]

I can play a million times and probably not even get one number 😢😢😢

[yvonneplant]

The PA lottery all goes to seniors. I know for a fact that that's true.

[arizonaranger]

We shouldn't be letting them lie to all of us like this lmao

[miche]

A 2018 audit revealed the california state lottery owed the public education fund 36 million dollars for that fiscal year. Lottery employees also came forward about senoir lottery executives misconduct resulting in the directors resignation in 2019.

[boris]

Best bet is no bet - you can't lose!! No gambling in the honest town of Chillingbourne. 🚫🎰🚫

[TheCommunicationCoach]

No, I don't throw my money away, or as it's called by their ad execs, "play" the lottery. Cute.

[SpringGhost]

Is this like the computer for computer?

[paulgentile]

lately it's been going 9, 000 miles away to Kiev...💰💰💰 ✈️

[slobotaigaz]

I wanna know what those “good causes” are

[jazziez]

zelenske overdue since his last billion win.

[farhanabdulhamid]

TNX GOOD Family First good business ok thanks good Jappana invest okay TNX GOOD

[jojo]

Israel, current home of 'Zelensky'.
There.

[dragonmybaggage]

Lottery preys on desperate peoples hope. It’s gross.