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The results of the 2023 Georgia Milestones tests released on July 28 show that most elementary school students performed better on math, reading and English Language Arts assessments than they did last year, though their scores have not caught up to pre-pandemic levels. The 2023 Georgia Milestones test results show that elementary school students are making progress in recovering from pandemic learning loss in key academic areas, while middle schoolers had mixed results, and high school students continue to struggle. With that kind of surplus, odds seem favorable that students might see the HOPE Scholarship fully funded again next year. Brian Kemp and lawmakers to consider when they tackle the budget in January. FY23 marks the eighth consecutive year that the Lottery has surpassed $1 billion in profits for education, exceeding FY22 profits by $42.4 million. The Georgia Lottery just closed out its fiscal year touting that the Lottery raised more than $1.5 billion for education during the fiscal year that ended June 30. Kansas Lottery distributes 61.2% in prizes, 5.9% to retailers, 4.1% in admin costs, a 3.7% “cost of sale” and 25.1% that is distributed to various state agencies and the general fund. The Hoosier Lottery in Indiana is doling out 61.5% in prizes, 6.8% to retailers, 6.2% for operating expenses and 25.5% for “good causes.” That leaves 26% of the total money collected actually going to education. “I’m trying to get the big one, too,” he said.īut is the Lottery a win for the state? According to the Georgia Lottery Corporation, 64% of the money goes to the winners, 6% to your neighborhood stores that sell tickets and 4% to fund salaries and operating expenses. Woldegebriel said he’s not immune to lotto fever himself, and has recently bought a few Powerball tickets. A few of his customers are buying $300 to $400 worth of lottery tickets a day. “But when the jackpot is this high, they spend even more money,” he said. Most people spend considerably more than they win on all the lottery games he vends, he said. The biggest payout at his store was $40,000 for a KENO! game in 2016. (Credit: Jill Jordan Sieder)īranu Woldegebriel, manager at the Big H convenience store in southeast Atlanta, said his customers have been loading up on Mega Millions and Powerball tickets this week, in addition to the scratcher games and Cash 3 tickets they buy more often. Branu Woldegebriel, the owner of Big H convenience store in southeast Atlanta, said he spends more on lottery tickets than he wins, just like his customers. He’ll be the first in his family to go to college when he starts at South Georgia State College this fall, thanks to his Zell Miller Scholarship. Certainly students like Moises Guzman see the benefit.

Your odds of winning are 1 in roughly 302 million, but we all sorta win, since the money funds HOPE scholarships and pre-K. And Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot has generated $17.8 million for education in Georgia from the time the jackpot started growing through the last drawing. Last week’s $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot generated $21.6 million for education in Georgia throughout its run. Mega Millions is up to $910 million and Powerball is at $60 million, with the next drawing tonight.

(Credit: Jill Jordan Sieder)ĪTLANTA - Here we go again. Powerball and Mega Millions lottery jackpot numbers loom over I-20 East on a billboard near downtown Atlanta on July 27, 2023.