Slot Machine and Lottery Proceeds Were a Lie

Residents of New York State are angry at their state government and their governor and for good reason. They say that time and time again they have been lied to by their government and by Governor Spitzer – and before him Governor George Pataki – and they aren’t taking it any more. They say that the time has come for residents to take a stand against their government and show them that they cannot continue to lie to them.

They say that it began in 1966 with the creation of the lottery. Their lawmakers told them that the proceeds would go toward education. Then in 2001 when they wanted slot machines at the horse racing tracks, they again said that the proceeds would go to education. Now, residents claim, they have broken their promise and are not using that money for that.

They say that their lawmakers met in secret and decided to take the money that was to go to education and are putting it back into the gambling industry. Their lawmakers have chosen to take tens of millions of dollars from the schools and will use that money to support the horse racing industry instead.

The amount of money that the tracks will now be getting will mean that they are getting more money than the education system is. The tracks were supposed to be getting 25% with the state keeping 75%. Now the tracks are getting up to 56% instead. Plus the money from the slot machines at Aqueduct, an estimated $139 million, all of which was supposed to go to schools, will now be going to the tracks as well.
 

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