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Essay heading: Virginia's Lottery - Beneficial or Not?
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For example, according to the Virginia Lottery Web site, in 2004 lottery sales were over $1.2 billion, but only a little over $408 million was given to the State Lottery Proceeds Fund (retrieved September 26, 2005 from the World Wide Web: www.valottery.com/money). This seems like a large amount of money...
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This seems like a large amount of money. However, if you divide the amount of proceeds by the number of public schools in Virginia (there are approximately 1,850 public schools according to the Virginia Department of Education at http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/dbpubs/Fall_Membership/2004/fm_sch_grade...
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