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Why didn’t the lottery solve Oklahoma’s education funding problems?

Almost without fail, any news story related to money for Oklahoma schools will attract commenters bitterly pointing out they thought the lottery was supposed to solve our education funding problems. So why hasn’t the lottery gotten Oklahoma out of the bottom rungs for education funding? The short answer is that the lottery helps some, but the boost it provides is far less than what has been cut from other revenue sources in recent years. For the long answer, read on.

Gene Perry is Policy Director for Oklahoma Policy Institute. Find the rest of this story and more at OKPolicy.org.