New York Lottery

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Mission for Education
Leaders of Tomorrow

The New York Lottery contributed nearly $2.54 billion in fiscal year 2008-09 to help support education in New York State, over 12 percent of total state education funding to local school districts. The Lottery’s ongoing commitment to education also includes the awarding of more than 1,100 Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Scholarships annually to high school students pursuing their higher education in New York State. Since the program’s inception in 1999, the Lottery has awarded more than 10,300 scholarships. The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, earning over $36.7 billion in education support statewide since its founding over 40 years ago.

Here is a complete copy of the New York Lottery Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2008-09.

The following information is based on unaudited figures for FY 2008-09.

Traditional Lottery Sales Allocation
$6.69 Billion in Traditional Sales
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Video Gaming Net Win Allocation
$965 Million in Video Lottery Net Win
Credits Played $11.664 Billion
Credits Won $10.699 Billion
$965 Million
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As of July 2008 for 2007 School Year

Local Taxes	46%	$ 22.92 Billion
State Sources (Other than Lottery)	39%	$ 19.23 Billion
New York Lottery	5%	$ 2.36 Billion*
Federal Sources	6%	$ 2.75 Billion
Other Local Revenue and Transfers	4%	$ 2.18 Billion

Based on data provided by the State Education Department in 2008. The 2008 data coming soon.

Where do schools get their money
School Year Ended 2007
(Total $49.44 billion)

The above data is from the State Education Department's Revenue Table 60


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