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The sunshine state has to offer another gleaming proposition in the form of a Florida lottery. Apart from making profits and the byproducts of millionaires, the board of lottery had a noble thought in their mind. Helping out the education system of Florida State with partial profit of the earnings from the lottery.

The constitutional amendment was approved in this regard on 12th. Of January 1988 even though the initiative started towards this direction in1986 itself. It was decide that the lottery should give the extra funding needed for the states education a substantial amount from revenues received from sales of tickets. This program is aptly named as Bright Features Scholarship program.

The launch was so successful that the lottery was able to generate considerable amount so that they can look forward comfortably to pay back with interest the initial payments of US$15.5 million to Floridas general revenue funding.

Sheelah Ryano became at that time of point the highest winner of single jackpot of US$ 55.16 Million. During the course of time many new games were administrated into the lottery. Barbara Arens was the lucky woman to receive the first life $2 scratch – of game prize, which provided her US$1000 per week for the rest of her life. There was only once in the history of this lottery that a ticket went unclaimed. In September 8th 2003, one ticket was nullified since no body claimed 180 day dead line. That ticket was worth $53.7 million!!

In 1997 the Bright Futures scholarship program was launched with revenue received from Florida lottery and was to follow example of the Hope scholarship. In the beginning this program could help just about 42,000 scholarships for $70 millions, but a sizable change was occurred in last one decade, since the lottery could contribute $436.1 million towards the scholarships while a 17,000 strong student force taking advantage of this magnanimous lottery. The lotteries contribution cannot be seen as small effort, because this amount would have taxed upon the public to accumulate funds to run the public education system.

Indeed it was a blessing in disguise. This helping hand reaching out not only K12 schools but also all sphere of education system. This noble idea of helping the students and schools giving the lottery an aura filled with sanctity, usually not attached with other lotteries.

Florida Lotto commemorated its 10th anniversary on January 1998. The lottery has aggregated US$ 21 billion in sales and contributed US $8 billion to Bright Futures contribution Program. By any standards those figures speak volumes. As the saying goes “a kind deed is better than 1000 prayers”.

This Super lotto has taught the people to dream big. Before the arrival of this lottery a million dollars seemed out of reach of common man. But this lottery opened them a new path where dreams became a reality. It is a fact that every ticket cannot win a prize. Fate plays different ways unknown to human beings and makes some ticket to lose and others win. But when you purchase a ticket of Florida lotto, you can make sure that, the fate of a student is secured; with your money spend on a ticket.