Washington's Lottery History

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Background
Washington’s Lottery was created in 1982 and signed into legislation by Governor John Spellman. When this bill, which supports a lottery in Washington State, came to the Legislature, Washington State and the rest of the country were in recession.

What are the business goals?
The reason behind the Legislature approving this bill was to donate the revenue brought out by the Lottery to schools or educations programs solely. In more recent times, once $102 million dollars is contributed to education, the money is then allocated to stadium funding and problem gambling prevention and treatment.

What’s the business problem?
Washington’s Lottery is contradictory:
- It funds people with gambling problems and helps to treat them yet this

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