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USA Florida Lottery ‘celebrates 25 years’ – November 15th 2011

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The USA Florida Lottery has had a lot to celebrate this year, with the game turning 25 on November 4th of this month, marking a quarter-of-a-century of exciting rollovers, supporting good causes and generating great prizes which have thrilled fans from all over the world.

On November 4th 1986, 64 per cent of voters made their mark on the state’s constitution, enabling it to run a state-managed lottery, with the first tickets for the game being sold two years later for its first draw on May 7th 1988.

So far there have been a total of 321,422,975 total winners, with 965 of these being made millionaires by the lotto.

Furthermore, the game has earned a whopping $7 billion for state education.

The good work of the USA Florida Lottery may be well known to those lucky enough to live in the Sunshine State, but not to lotto enthusiasts from further afield.

Its sole beneficiary is the Education Enhancement Trust Fund, which supports programmes at state college and university levels.

Chief executive officer of Florida TaxWatch Dominic Calabro told Florida Trend: “I think it’s fair to say without the lottery contribution to education, our public education would be far more troubled. With all its perceptions and challenges, it’s been a net contributor to Florida.”