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More, and specifically information about how the lotto finding works

The Florida Lottery accounts for approximately 5% to 6% of Florida's total public education budget. [1, 2]
There are two different ways to look at "the exact percentage" depending on whether you mean how much of a lottery ticket purchase goes to education, or how much of the school system's budget comes from the lottery.

1. Percentage of the Total K-12 School Budget (5% to 6%)​

According to the Florida Department of Education, lottery revenues are not a primary funding source; they represent roughly 6% of the state’s total education funding. The money is legally designed to "enhance" education rather than completely fund it. [1, 3]
Furthermore, that 6% is split across multiple levels of education. By law, the lottery money transferred to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund (EETF) is roughly distributed as follows: [4, 5]

  • 46.5% goes to traditional K-12 public school districts (for class-size reduction and workforce education).
  • 22.4% goes to student financial aid (specifically funding the Bright Futures Scholarship Program).
  • 22.2% goes to state universities.
  • 8.8% goes to the Florida College System. [6, 7, 8]
When you drill all the way down to a single school district's operational budget—for example, Hillsborough County Public Schools—lottery subsidies often equate to less than 1% of the district's total operating budget. [9]

2. Percentage of a Lottery Ticket That Goes to Education (25% to 27%)​

If you are looking at it from the consumer side, 25.01% to 26.9% of every dollar spent on a Florida Lottery ticket goes directly into the state's education fund. [3, 10, 11]
The Florida Lottery breaks down a single lottery dollar like this:

  • 66.70%: Paid out as player prizes
  • 25.01%: Transferred to Florida education (EETF)
  • 6.06%: Retailer commissions
  • 1.23%: Vendor fees
  • 1.00%: Lottery administration and operations [10]

The "Shell Game" Criticism​

Many Florida taxpayers assume that because the lottery generates billions of dollars ($2.2+ billion annually), schools should be completely flooded with cash. [1, 8]
However, state lawmakers use a practice critics refer to as a "shell game": when lottery money flows into the education budget, lawmakers often redirect an equal amount of regular tax money (which would have gone to schools) to fund other areas of the state budget, like roads or corporate tax cuts. As a result, the lottery acts more like a budget replacement than a massive funding boost. [5, 12, 13]
Would you like to know how the state spends its slot machine tax revenues, which also feed into this same education fund? [11]

[1] https://www.fldoe.org
[2] https://www.nerdwallet.com
[3] https://floridalottery.com
[4] https://www.fldoe.org
[5] https://medium.com
[6] https://www.leg.state.fl.us
[7] https://www.fldoe.org
[8] https://www.facebook.com
[9] https://www.wtsp.com
[10] https://floridalottery.com
[11] https://352today.com
[12] https://www.facebook.com
[13] https://www.live5news.com
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Eranys said:
Nothing is stopping them. Nothing at all. And they will go back to doing exactly what they did before. This conflict may turn out to be the worst thing Trump has done since he took office. That's how bad this agreement is.
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They'll use the money to provide better life for their struggling people

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The 176 measures aim to further decentralize Cuba's state-run economy, which has been left gasping by a tightened embargo under President Donald Trump. Under the island's current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country's resources are allocated.

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Cuba passes sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since revolution

Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.
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a-mart said:
Cuba passes sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since revolution

HAVANA (AP) — Observers on Friday called Cuba's new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island's communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.

The 176 measures aim to further decentralize Cuba's state-run economy, which has been left gasping by a tightened embargo under President Donald Trump. Under the island's current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country's resources are allocated.

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Cuba passes sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since revolution

Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.
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They are selling "smoke!"
 

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The sad part of this monologue (IMHO) is that Maher is sad and disappointed, and yet the only thing the Libtards in the audience know is to laugh and cheer that "Bad Orange Man" failed.
 
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