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re: Games of Skill - "Casinos" Skyrocketing in Arkansas
Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:53 am to SunHog
Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:53 am to SunHog
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We just need more to join the club.
Absolutely! People need to educate themselves regarding these things. And the public libraries are a good source if they can't afford to pay for the information.
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Posted on 2/9/14 at 9:55 am to Porky
We don't need casinos.
Just like with the lottery, the reasoning is a sham. The lottery commission each year cuts what it gives back to education.
The Academic Challenge Scholarship is awarded by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and funded largely by the lottery. When it started in the 2010-11 school year, the scholarship awarded $5,000 to eligible students attending a four-year college and $2,500 to two-year students.
The next year, the award dropped to $4,500 and $2,250 for new recipients while remaining at the higher level for the first group of students. It stayed the same for 2012-13.
But for the upcoming school year, 2013-14, incoming freshmen at either four-year or two-year schools will receive only $2,000. The scholarship amount for eligible students at four-year schools will increase by $1,000 for each of the next three years, meaning students who make adequate progress toward degrees and maintain the required GPA can get $5,000 a year as seniors.
Each Year the lottery post record profits
2010: $384,000,000
2011: $464,000,000
2012: $473,000,000
Just like with the lottery, the reasoning is a sham. The lottery commission each year cuts what it gives back to education.
The Academic Challenge Scholarship is awarded by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education and funded largely by the lottery. When it started in the 2010-11 school year, the scholarship awarded $5,000 to eligible students attending a four-year college and $2,500 to two-year students.
The next year, the award dropped to $4,500 and $2,250 for new recipients while remaining at the higher level for the first group of students. It stayed the same for 2012-13.
But for the upcoming school year, 2013-14, incoming freshmen at either four-year or two-year schools will receive only $2,000. The scholarship amount for eligible students at four-year schools will increase by $1,000 for each of the next three years, meaning students who make adequate progress toward degrees and maintain the required GPA can get $5,000 a year as seniors.
Each Year the lottery post record profits
2010: $384,000,000
2011: $464,000,000
2012: $473,000,000
This post was edited on 2/9/14 at 10:02 am
Posted on 2/9/14 at 4:04 pm to Porky
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And the public libraries are a good source if they can't afford to pay for the information.
Massive understatement. Well said.
I'm curious what your relative paid considering what they were asking from me at Pepperdine last year.
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