QUESTION · · higan' 1? blic hool g t n arly half billion dollar a year from th p opl ho choo e to play the game . In the pa t 5 years, th Michigan Lottery ha furnished 2.2 billion to help op rate our chool , kindergarten through the 12th grade. . . This money was really provided by the adults who enjoy playing . die Lottery games.: Each year, it takes about $8 billion 0 operate the tate's K-12 public education program. In fiscal year 1990; $489 million of this came from the . Lottery. In the same year, Lottery Rlayers won over a half billion dollars in prizes. So school ��.--:- kids, taxpayers and those who play the .games all ............ � benefit from tile , Michigan Lottery. . .