The drawing on Novemhad a jackpot of $54.5 million, its largest jackpot ever. Lotto Cash, the first online game, began in April 1990. The first scratch-off game, Hoosier Millionaire, went on sale in October. Indiana legislators authorized the state lottery, along with parimutuel betting on horse racing, in May 1989. In 1988, state voters approved by 62 percent a constitutional amendment lifting the ban. Mississippi, but Vincennes was able to run its lottery as a policy game, contracted out to a group of experienced lottery operators from Kentucky, for over a year before it was ruled unlawful in 1883. Supreme Court soon rejected a similar argument in Stone v. Vincennes University moved to revive its lottery in 1879, arguing successfully in a test case before the Indiana Supreme Court that, under the Contracts Clause, the lottery provision of the 1807 charter could not be revoked, even by a constitutional ban. The Indiana constitutional convention of 1851 adopted, with little debate, a clause that "no lottery shall be authorized nor shall the sale of lottery tickets be allowed". The 1840s and 1850s saw a general movement against lotteries in the United States, partly on moral grounds, and partly due to a backlash against legislative corruption. Another was authorized in 1818 for the Jeffersonville Ohio Canal Company to raise $100,000, but it only brought in $2,536. Another lottery was authorized in 1810 to raise $1,000 to buy books for a library in Vincennes, but it was unsuccessful. The lottery was a failure after a year, those few tickets that had been sold were recalled. The government of the Indiana Territory in 1807 chartered Vincennes University, authorizing it to raise up to $20,000 in a lottery, to provide for a library and other facilities. In early American history, legislators commonly established lotteries to fund schools, roads, and other public works. Indiana was among those states participating in the short-lived multi-state draw game Monopoly Millionaires' Club from October 19 to December 26, 2014. The Hoosier Lottery is based in the state capital of Indianapolis, with regional offices in Mishawaka and Evansville. The Hoosier Lottery sells scratch-off tickets its draw games include Mega Millions, Hoosier Lotto, Powerball, Cash 5, and Poker Lotto. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Once it was announced that we had a winner our customers were super excited and very curious if it was someone local or not.The Hoosier Lottery is the official state lottery of Indiana, and is the only US lottery that uses the state's nickname as its official name. “The fact that the winner comes from a free ticket is just amazing. “When we heard that the jackpot was won in one of our Fort Wayne locations we were super excited,” said Stephanie Galentine, Lassus Bros. Craig stopped along his truck route to redeem a free Hoosier Lotto ticket received from previous play-he hit the jackpot on the free ticket. Oil #32 located at 12010 US Highway 24 W in Fort Wayne. The winning ticket was transacted at Lassus Bros. After driving a semi for many years, I think I’d rather drive a school bus.” I love cutting grass and will continue to do that. When asked about plans with the jackpot funds, he said, “Retirement is in the plans. “I’m overwhelmed and the emotion has built up in my chest.” “I have carried that ticket with me ever since and did not let it out of my sight,” Craig said. Craig decided to accept his prize this week, opting for the cash payout of $9.8 million.
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