The reason has more to do with the legislative action of lottery revenue

　　Executives attending a casino in Las Vegas the show last week, said they are spending less time thinking about the new card games or slot machines and try to attract customers with spiffy trade, restaurants, enhanced or elsewhere interests compete for limited leisure spending.

 　Virginia McDowell ofIsle CEO of Capri Casinos, for example, said he expects the economic uncertainty to stay a few more years, "and what really makes it difficult for people to feel good about spending your money when you have free time 250 points in the stock market changes on a given day. "

The Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. launched in 2004 with four instant games. Since then it has introduced more than 300 instant games - between 38 and 42 at any given time - and now has five games drawing style. In the process it has earned $ 7. 8 billion in gross sales revenue, paid about $ 4.7 billion in prizes (82 prizes of a million or more), and transferred more than $ 2 billion education funding in Tennessee for college scholarships and programs after classes.

Despite ever increasing revenues - including a 3.1 percent jump in revenue fiscal years 2010 to 2011 - the state faces a deficit of $ 22 million in scholarship money that the lottery is the intention background.

The reason has more to do with the legislative action of lottery revenue: Since 2008, lawmakers have expanded the categories of students eligible for scholarships of $ 4,000, which extends to the funds to pay for many more types of grants the lottery was originally thought.