More on the N.C. Lottery
You might've seen the display on the state lottery in today's paper. If you want to see some more numbers from the lottery, check this out link to the county-by-county statistics.
And this link shows where the money goes.
When it comes to planning for the money, state budget officials will make a prediction on the expected revenues, and then only know what's actually earned when the lottery's fiscal year ends. Money that's doled out in 2007-08, for example, is from ticket sales that happened in 2006-07.