Season 9 Episode 1: Lotto Lies: The Gamble That Never Paid Off - Texas Scorecard
Texans were told the lottery would fund education, but that was a lie. Examine the lottery’s predatory nature, and how the agency that administers the game has a bad habit […]
I always assumed this was true. For the record I do buy lottery tickets every once in a while when the pot gets big enough to justify spending a few dollars a week (I refuse to buy more than one ticker per drawing for myself). But I never really believed all of that unclaimed prizes and taxes went to education. I always assumed it went into someone's slush fund or pocket.
I actually know a few people IRL who HAVE won the lottery, including the grand prize on those "Win X amount every week/day for life" lotteries, so I generally give them a little a bit of credit compared to other government backed organizations when it comes to legitimacy. But I always assumed it was never 100% on the up and up.