History
Idaho citizens approved a lottery in a constitutional amendment vote in November 1988. A mere 200 days later, a lottery industry record at the time, the Idaho Lottery began on July 19, 1989. Since its beginning, the Lottery has sold more than $1.8 billion in tickets and returned more than $437.3 million to Idaho public schools and buildings.
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