Where is the money coming from for the 2012 olympics?

Question

Boris Johnson estimates the Olympics will cost 9.3 billion pounds - where is this money coming from?

Answer 1

lottery.

Answer 2

taxes (which are too high), the lottery (money for the olympics taken from caritable money to organizations), donations and sponserships.

It's going to cost way more that the predicted 9.3 billion pounds because they always estimate low.

Think about the money the olympics are using when the money could have gone to charities such as Children in need to help people who need it so much more.  

Answer 3

The Taxpayer as always! This fiasco will put the Dome in the shade for overspend, overkill and latent political washing of hands.

Answer 4

Lottery, taxes, sponsorship, tv rights.and most but like 4/10 will posibly be foundraiseing not like the found raiseing you do in school

Answer 5

money from every country particapating goes to the IOC and then the IOC invests it into the olympics

Answer 6

Lottery, taxes, sponsorship, tv rights.

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Answer 7

Your government.  Usually whatever city hosts the Olympics is in the hole financially for quite a while.

Answer 8

63% from Central Government;

23% from National Lottery

13% from the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency

Answer 9

lottery funding & no doubt the tax payer!!  i don't mind though...it will be great!

Answer 10

Lottery tax payers private enterprise.

Answer 11

Lottery, Private funding, government, taxpayers.  

Answer 12

The usual mugs - taxpayers and people who buy Lottery tickets!