WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Since the Lottery began in 1992, more than $10 billion^* has been generated for the State of Texas! The following chart illustrates where a one dollar Texas Lottery purchase goes.

^* Revenue to the State of Texas. Between 1992 and 1997, about $4.9 billion in lottery revenues went to the General Revenue Fund. Effective September 1, 1997, legislative action dedicated lottery revenue to the Foundation School Fund. Since 1997, more than $5 billion has gone to the Foundation School Fund, used for school districts public education services at the local level. In FY 2002, lottery contributions equaled about nine percent of the Foundation School Fund ($869.7 million out of approximately $9 billion.)

In addition, unclaimed prize money assists the state in paying for indigent health care. Every biennium, the first $40 million of unclaimed prize money goes to Multicategorical Teaching Hospital, primarily the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). Other money goes to the Tertiary Care Facility fund.

^** Lottery Prizes. Projected prize payout.