Division of the Lottery Agency History Record.
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New York (State). Division of the Lottery
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Although lotteries were a major source of state revenue in the early nineteenth century, New York State did not operate any state lotteries for nearly 150 years because the state constitutions of 1821, 1846, and 1894 specifically prohibited them. At the 1966 general election the constitution was amended to allow the establishment and operation of a state lottery. The following year (Ch. 278, L. 1967) enabling legislation created the lottery and designated that net procee...
