California Lottery
The California Lottery came to be on November 6, 1984. The lottery was created by a ballot measure called Proposition 37 under the California State Lottery Act of 1984. The Act meant that the California Lottery could go forth and provide supplemental funding for the state’s public schools and colleges. The very first CA lottery ticket was sold nearly a year later on October 3, 1985.
In 2005, California joined Mega Millions, becoming the 12th jurisdiction to do so. Interestingly, it was the last to join before the implementation of the 2010 cross-sell expansion with the Multi-State Lottery Association. To celebrate the occasion, a Mega Millions draw was held in glitzy Hollywood.
Today, the CA lottery offers draw games for Powerball, Mega Millions, SuperLotto Plus, Daily 4, Daily 3, Fantasy 5, and Daily Derby.
Fast forward to April 8, 2010, and then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 142 into law. This bill aimed to amend the original Lottery Act, re-allocating revenue from tickets to maximize just how much funding is to be allocated to public education.
