| January 12, 1989 |
Zell Miller announces his support for a Georgia lottery. At the time Zell was Lt. Governor and intending to run for governor. |
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Zell Miller |
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Georgia Lottery |
| January 31, 1991 |
House votes to put up the question of instituting a Georgia lottery to the voters |
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Georgia Lottery |
| February 8, 1991 |
Senate votes to put up the question of instituting a Georgia lottery to the voters |
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Georgia Lottery |
| November 3, 1992 |
Georgia lottery is approved by the voters |
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Georgia Lottery |
| April 20, 1993 |
In a surprise announcement, Georgia does not select the low bid contractor to handle the new Georgia lottery, but GTECH, a Rhode Island company to which who had heavily lobbied for the contract. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| May 13, 1993 |
Inquiry into lottery officials choice of GTECH as the lottery vendor for the Georgia Lottery Corp. was appropriate in spite of the fact that GTECH's bid was 33% higher than the low bidder |
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Georgia Lottery |
| June 29, 1993 |
Sales begin on Georgia Lottery first games: Instant Cash and Georgia Millionaire
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Georgia Lottery |
| August 10, 1993 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Cash 3 |
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Georgia Lottery |
| November 18, 1994 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Fantasy 5 |
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Georgia Lottery |
| August 31, 1996 |
Georgia Lottery leaves the Powerball and joins The Big Game
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Georgia Lottery |
| April 6, 1997 |
Georgia lottery introduces Cash 4 |
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Georgia Lottery |
| November 12, 2001 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Lotto South |
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Georgia Lottery |
| April 16, 2002 |
Erika Greene wins 58 million dollars in the Big Game Georgia Lottery |
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Georgia woman wins multi-state lottery |
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Georgia Lottery |
| May 17, 2002 |
Georgia Lottery introduces Mega-millions, new name for the "Big Game" |
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Georgia Lottery |
| September 8, 2003 |
Georgia Lottery Corporation annouces it has accepted Rebecca Paul's resignation. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| November 11, 2003 |
Stephen Cooke of Roswell, Georgia, arrived at Georgia Lottery headquarters with one winning ticket and realized that he purchased another tickets with the same combination. He walked away with 26 million dollars |
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Georgia Lottery |
| December 18, 2003 |
Margaret DeFrancisco Named President/CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corporation. DeFrancisco had been running the New York Lottery for four years. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| March 6, 2007 |
Eddie Nabors of Dalton, Ga. was one of two winners to share a $390 million Mega Millions jackpot - the largest in U.S. history. |
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Georgia Lottery |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
