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New law could give schools a bigger cut of lottery money | California Watch

New law could give schools a bigger cut of lottery money | California Watch

New law could give schools a bigger cut of lottery money

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that may provide cash-starved schools a larger share of state's lottery proceeds.
The new law, written by Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, shrinks by 3 percent the fees paid to the California State Lottery for administration purposes. At the same time, the amounts paid out in cash prizes and school funding were raised by 3 percent.
This equates to the Lottery receiving 13 percent of the annual revenues; approximately 87 percent would be