In August 1974 the first ticket for the Buckeye 300 was sold. This was a big year for the state of Ohio. It marked the start of something that would grow into a resemblance of the garden of good and evil. Though lottery is a big moneymaker for the state, it is also a cause of a horrible addiction.

Senator Ron Mottl first campaigned against the idea of the Lottery in Ohio. Its approval in Ohio was apparent; the State Issue 1 passed by more than a 2-1 margin. And the lottery was off to a start, leaving morals and concern behind.

At first a five-member board governed the Lottery, although now that has been expanded to nine. The Lottery was not required to donate money for educational purposes until the spring of 1987, although it had the choice to since 1983. Now the revenues of the lottery have a regulated payment plan: 56.76% Prize Awards; 33.01% Educational purposes; 3.94% Operating expense; 6.29 % Bonuses/Commissions.

The Ohio Lottery has contributed over $9 billion

Lottery addictions are becoming more and more common. "Today, scratch tickets are the worst. They're immediate and they're everywhere. You can't buy a jug of milk or a can of tuna fish without seeing lottery tickets," says Thomas N. Cummings, executive director of the Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling. Although there is no recent study done on lottery addictions, computers show that more than one-third of the major winners are habitual players.

The retired systems analyst from Everett soon scratched away the first year's $50,000 installment from his windfall-plus another $20,000 borrowed from his friends. Now he's trying to tie up the rest of his million in a trust fund before he squanders it all.

In conclusion, the Ohio lottery is one of the most successful lotteries in the U.S. But, when the number of sales go up, so do the number of addicted gamblers. Many of these addicted gamblers never get help which helps the numbers keep rising. The lottery may be a great source of income for many schools, but it

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