The Daily Numbers for Monday, April 20

The Daily Numbers: 1 year deal for Tim Tebow likely to be signed with the Eagles today.

3rd string quarterback. Tebow is a longshot to make the team.

60 families and neighbors in the Rose Tree Media School District who have tied purple ribbons on their mail boxes to support embattled school Principal Bill Bennett.

4,000 dollars, what it cost to go through the process of obtaining a license to do small games of chance for local bard owner Jerry McArdle.

40 licenses issued across the state.

1 in Delco, held by McArdle, owner of Jack’s Tavern in Upper Providence.

102 million, how much former Gov. Tom Corbett envisioned from sale of the licenses.

410,000 dollars, how much the state has realized so far.

262.50 dollars for every 4,000 tickets he sells for McArdle.

3,500 dollars, how much he spent on the machine the distributes the punch tickets.

3 people shot at cookout at Delaware State University in Dover over the weekend.

20 years since the terrorist bombing of the U.S. federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people.

2 years since the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon.

1.9 million dollars being spent on TV ads by state Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams by the independent group American Cities. They’re boosting school choice.

700 to 950 people on board a boat full of migrants that sank off the Libya coast on Sunday.

4-1 loss for the Phils to Stephen Strasburg and the Nats yesterday.

.175 batting average for Ryan Howard.

.116 batting average for Chase Utley.

.212 batting average for the team.

2-1 loss for the Union at home vs. the Revolution.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

It’s Tebow Time in Philly. And yes, this has all the makings of a media circus as the former Heisman Trophy Award winner arrives today to sign a 1-year deal with the Eagles.

I Don’t Get It: Anyone else get the feeling that this is going to be one of the longest summers in Phillies history. How far they have fallen.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to Dove Meir. You might have known him as Dov Benari when he attended Penncrest High School. Now he’s starring in a USA Network reality show.

Quote Box: “It’s a small but powerful sign of our support for Bill Bennett and the Indian Lane community.”

- Rekha Sankaran-Kutty, head of the parent-teacher group that is rallying behind the embattled principal by placing purple ribbons on mail boxes.

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