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Twenty five years ago today, voters approved the Florida Lottery, voting 2-1 in favor of the games. Here’s video from January of 1988, the day the first lottery tickets were sold in Florida. Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O’Connell says the 23 billion dollars the lottery has generated for the state has help improve education.

“It’s provided 500-thouands Bright Futures Scholarships, 800 schools, a lot of school construction and a lot of education opportunities for kids in Florida,” said O’Connell.

An estimated four billion dollars in lottery tickets are sold every year.