Though the $640 million jackpot winners have been decided, lottery officials say New York scored big itself in the multi-state game with more than $150 million in sales. And they say at least $50 million of that will indeed go toward schools. ”This year, for example, school aid from the state to local governments is about $20 billion and about $3 billion of that comes from the lottery,” said Frank Mauro, Fiscal Policy Institute Executive Director. That system means little chance of directly tracking lottery profits to say a new gym or updated text books. Frank Mauro of the Fiscal Policy Institute says those monies are estimated by state budget advisors, worked into a general fund. Any excess revenue rolled over like cell phone minutes.

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