Florida Lottery

Florida voters amended The Florida Constitution to allow the State to operate lotteries and use the proceeds to enhance education in Florida in 1986. The amendment was codified at Art. X, Sec. 15. On January 18, 1988, The Florida Public Education Lottery Act implemented the constitutional amendment in a manner that makes lottery games available to the people of the state and provides significant additional monies for education. The Act is codified in Chapter 24, Fla. Stat.