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Governor Nathan Deal has signed a bill changing oversight of video lottery machines. The move will benefit Georgia’s HOPE scholarship and pre-kindergarten program.
The Georgia Lottery, which funds HOPE and pre-k, will now regulate the machines.
The governor’s spokesperson, Brian Robinson, says the new system will make it easier to ensure all the machines are operating legally.
“All of these machines will be hooked in to the central office at the Georgia Lottery,” Robinson says, “We will know how much money’s coming, how much money’s going out. And we’re going to know how much money is going to HOPE and pre-k.”