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A statewide referendum must be passed to amend the Georgia Constitution to allow a lottery. January 31, 1991: Resolution to put lottery amendment before voters passes the Georgia House 126-51 and is adopted by a 47–9 vote of the Georgia Senate. November 3, 1992: Georgia voters pass the lottery amendment 1,146,340-1,050,674.
A government-run lottery was explicitly allowed in a 1992 constitutional amendment to Article I, Section II, Paragraph VIII of the Georgia State Constitution, approved in a referendum. The GLC was created by a separate bill in 1992 by the Georgia General Assembly , and then- governor of Georgia , Zell Miller , in the Lottery for Education Act ...
State lotteries have become a significant source of revenue for states, raising $17.6 billion in profits for state budgets in the 2009 fiscal year (FY) with 11 states collecting more revenue from their state lottery than from their state corporate income tax during FY2009. [10] Lottery policies within states can have conflicting goals. [11]
A Powerball lottery ticket worth $2 million was sold in Georgia, according to the July 24 drawing results, and another for $50,000 was sold for Saturday's drawing.
[1] [2] The lottery system was utilized by the State of Georgia between the years 1805 and 1833 “to strengthen the state and increase the population in order to increase Georgia's power in the House of Representatives.” [3] Although some other states used land lotteries, none were implemented at the scale of the Georgia contests. [4]
“The ticket matched four of the five winning numbers,” which were 2, 20, 51, 56 and 57, Georgia Lottery said in a news release. It also matched the Mega Ball, which was 19 with a Megaplier of 2x.
There were $1 million winners across several states — California (2), Massachusetts (2), Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington — according to the lottery game’s website.
As of August 2022, the program funds four scholarship levels, available to students who: Are U.S. citizens or legal residents; [10] Graduate from a Florida high school, OR earn a GED as a Florida resident, OR homeschooled students who are registered with their local district for at least two school years, OR out-of-state students who earn a diploma from a non-Florida high school while living ...