ABSTRACT
In the days following 9/11, Florida faced a projected $7 billion loss in tourism spending with an expected accompanying loss of $434 million in state sales tax revenue (VISIT FLORIDATM, 2001, December 14). Both the private and public sectors were suffering. Thus, it was fitting that help came via several coordinated public-private partnerships — one, a rather unusual one involving Florida’s lottery. It was one of the nation’s first uses of a state lottery as an economic stimulus tool.
