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State's education fund gets record lottery payout
Sum still falls short of mandated 35 percent of profit
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Benny Bennett picks out a scratch-off lottery ticket Friday from clerk Melissa Young at the BP convenience store on Thompson Bridge Road. Lottery ticket sales remain strong as last week the Georgia Lottery Corp. reported its largest single-year transfer to the state’s education fund,
The Georgia Lottery Corp. last week reported its largest single-year transfer to the state’s education fund, which supports financial aid for pre-kindergarten and higher education students. The lottery’s $945 million transfer to the state for the 2014 fiscal year surpasses last year’s record by $17.6 million. The total raised for education is now more than $15.5 billion since the lottery’s inception in 1993.