With the Powerball jackpot at $1.4 billion, the NC Education Lottery is set to receive a frenzy of ticket buyers. However, in a little-noticed change during the 2015 budget session, NC lawmakers shifted distribution of lottery profits from teachers and assistant to bus drivers, janitors and other non-instructional support staff. The breakdown of the jackpot would be $1.4 billion if taken as annuity, $868 million if taken as lump sum and 76 cents from each $2 Powerball ticket going to education.

Source: The News & Observer