On Friday the Arkansas Lottery released its monthly financial report for May.
According to the report, the Arkansas Lottery took in over $38 million in May, but paid out roughly $7 million in scholarships–about 18 cents for every dollar it made.
Overall, Lottery revenue and scholarship funding have declined since April.
There’s simply no excuse for the Arkansas Lottery’s consistently low scholarship budget. If you would like to know the one thing the Arkansas Lottery could do to pay more to scholarships right now–even if lottery revenue dropped by tens of millions of dollars–click here.
Below is a breakdown of the Lottery’s financial figures for this fiscal year.
Month | Gross Lottery Revenue | Paid to Scholarships | % Gross Revenue |
July | 38,237,293.92 | 8,714,386.39 | 22.8% |
August | 35,091,022.09 | 5,498,714.86 | 15.7% |
September | 33,113,391.64 | 5,773,076.42 | 17.4% |
October | 34,061,993.14 | 5,165,040.54 | 15.2% |
November | 37,042,079.72 | 6,570,979.51 | 17.7% |
December | 35,352,159.35 | 4,596,532.22 | 13.0% |
January, 2017 | 37,062,291.39 | 7,947,546.21 | 21.4% |
February | 41,176,854.60 | 6,698,099.62 | 16.3% |
March | 43,405,541.56 | 6,204,704.75 | 14.3% |
April | 38,671,617.14 | 7,845,827.56 | 20.3% |
May | 38,185,263.61 | 7,068,770.18 | 18.5% |
Total | $411,399,508.16 | $72,083,678.26 | 17.5% |