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The great turtle escape
Call it Summerville's version of the Great Escape. About 1600 turtles are fugitives from David Driver's turtle ponds in Summerville in Chattooga County. Someone tore down the sheet metal fencing around his ponds on Harrisburg Road. Driver suspects it was a prank. "We had refused some people a right to ...
Student loan debit cards hidden secrets
A student loan debit card may be draining your college kid's account. U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) reports these swipe cards carry all sorts of fees. "We've seen bank fees including per-swipe fees of 50 cents every time you swipe your debit card, inactivity fees of ten dollars or ...
Lack of infomation in bus crash upsets many families
Cheryl Denton is upset with Burke Co school administrators, because the six bus chain-reaction crash in Newton County happened about 10:30 Saturday morning, but she did not hear from the school until 3:30 that afternoon. "I didn't know what to do. All I heard was on I-20,” she says. Someone ...
Video Gaming and the HOPE Scholarship
The HOPE Scholarship is one of Georgia's greatest assets. In the words of Clark Howard, "it was a tremendous idea, a great breakthrough." But the HOPE is in desperate trouble, losing money on a yearly basis and expected to operate with an even wider budget gap in the years to ...
Video Gaming Takes Hold
Video lottery terminals first came to the state of Delaware in 1996. The plan was for the machines to generate enough revenue to save that state's struggling horse racing industry. They've done that, with room, and a lot of dollars, to spare. "I don't think the General Assembly of the ...
VLTs = ATMs for States
In all, Delaware has 7200 VLTs, located at three sites in the state; Dover Downs, Delaware Park and Harrington Raceway. Between the three, they account for about one-tenth of all the revenue for the state. And that's typical. Since Delaware began video lottery gaming nearly 16 years ago, others states ...
Modernized Scratch-Off Tickets
What exactly are Video Lottery Terminals? They carry names like Kingdom of Gold, Greenback Attack, Kitty Glitter and Pass the Buck. If they sound like scratch-off games that you'd buy at a convenience store, that's because, in a lot of ways, they are. They're no different than the regular lottery," ...
Waiting for Direction
The Georgia Lottery Board could vote to allow video lottery terminals in the state. Under the Georgia Lottery for Education Act [pdf], Section 50-27-10, Paragraph 1, the board can adopt procedures for the lottery including "the types of games to be conducted, including, but not limited to instant lotteries, on-line ...
HOPE is Nearly Hopeless
How bad off is the HOPE? The crisis is fast approaching. Granted, the scholarship is secure, for right now. That is not expected to last long. "For 2013, the HOPE is secure and that won't change. The award amount will remain exactly as it is in 2012, so students will ...
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