| 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 |
| 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 |
