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Proposed Law: Give More Lottery Proceeds to Ares With Most Lottery Sales
The more lottery tickets you buy, the more your local school district would benefit. That's the gist of a bill which has passed a committee in the Illinois House.

The bill, sponsored by State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), would distribute lottery proceeds proportionate to sales. Areas which generate the most sales would receive the most money for schools.

State Rep. Ed Sullivan (R-Mundelein) asked Ford how he'd replace the money schools then would not get, and Ford offered to hold the bill until a new source of money could be identified. Sullivan pointed out that would be a $650 million hole.

The Illinois State Board of Education is against the bill. Spokesman Matt Vanover says the proposal would simply spread the existing money around rather than create new funds.

H.B. 618 passed the House Executive Committee, 6-4.

(Illinois Radio Network)
02 23 09 by Newsroom
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