The California State Lottery was created by a ballot measure, Proposition 37, which was approved by 58 percent of voters on November 6, 1984. The Lottery Act gave the Lottery a clear mission: to provide supplemental funding for public schools and colleges. Since we began in 1985, we’ve given schools more than $48 billion. California State Lottery games are sold at more than 23,000 locations …
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