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Can I please win it before you sell it!Gov. proposes selling Texas lottery
By KELLEY SHANNON
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday proposed selling the state lottery for at least $14 billion to create an endowment for Texans without health insurance and a trust fund for cancer research.
That money could be used to form a $2.7 billion endowment for the uninsured and to create a $3 billion fund for the fight against cancer, Perry said in his State of the State address.
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