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Chapters: Fantasy 5, Bright Futures Scholarship Program, Rebecca Paul. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Florida Lottery is a government-run lottery in Florida, USA. With numerous on-line and scratch-off games available, players have a wide variety of prize levels to choose from. Since it began, the Florida Lottery has continued to add variety to their portfolio of games. The Lottery has experimented with higher price points, enhanced traditional games, and introduced seasonal promotional games. The minimum age to purchase a Florida Lottery ticket, regardless of game, is 18. On January 4, 2009, Florida's first Powerball tickets were sold, making it the 32nd lottery to join the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which includes the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.) Drawings are held live Wednesdays and Saturdays, usually from Universal Studios in Orlando. Webcasts of the Lottery's on-line games are available on the Florida Lottery Web site. According to the Florida Lottery, $1.28 billion in proceeds went to Florida schools, about 5% of the education budget in 2008-2009. The Florida Lottery began operation on January 12, 1988 by order of a constitutional amendment approved by Florida voters by a 2-to-1 margin in the general election of November 4, 1986. The point of the Lottery is to give extra funding to Florida education, and it was mandated that a significant proportion of all revenue generated by ticket sales go to the Education Enhancement Trust Fund. The Bright Futures scholarship program is funded by the Florida Lottery. The first game offered by Florida Lottery was Millionaire, a $1 scratch-off game with a US$1 million annuity prize. Seventeen days of ticket sales allowed for the Lottery Commission to repay with in...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=164419