Lottery on the ballot

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Lottery on the ballot: This topic refers to ballot measures regarding state lotteries.

Examples:


Ballot measures lists

By state

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

Alabama

  1. Alabama State Lottery Act, Amendment 1 (1999)

Arizona

  1. Arizona Proposition 304, Extension of State Lottery Initiative (1998)
  2. Arizona Proposition 301, Extension of State Lottery Initiative (2002)
  3. Arizona Proposition 203, Lottery Revenues for Health Programs Initiative (1996)
  4. Arizona Proposition 200, Voter Reward Initiative (2006)

Arkansas

  1. Arkansas State Lottery, Proposed Amendment 3 (2008)
  2. Arkansas State Lottery and Casino Gambling, Proposed Amendment 4 (1996)
  3. Arkansas Statewide Lottery, Charitable Bingo and Casino Gaming, Proposed Amendment 5 (2000)

California

  1. California Proposition 20, Lottery Funds for Instructional Materials Measure (March 2000)
  2. California Sale of Corporate Stock, Amendment 34 (1908)
  3. California Proposition 1C, Changes to State Lottery to Reduce Budget Deficit Amendment (May 2009)
  4. California Proposition 37, Gambling Provisions Initiative (1984)
  5. California Proposition 16, State Lottery Initiative (1964)

Colorado

  1. Colorado Amendment No. 6, Operation of a State Lottery Initiative (1972)

Florida

  1. Florida Amendment 5, State Lottery Initiative (1986)

Georgia

  1. Georgia State Lottery, Amendment 1 (1992)
  2. Georgia Lottery Appropriations, Amendment 2 (1998)

Idaho

  1. Idaho State Lottery Commission Initiative, Initiative 1 (1986)
  2. Idaho Authorization of a Lottery or Gift Enterprise, HJR 3 (1988)

Indiana

  1. Indiana Lotteries, Proposition 1 (1988)

Iowa

  1. Iowa Lottery Prohibition, Amendment 3 (1972)

Kansas

  1. Kansas State Lottery, Amendment 4 (1986)

Louisiana

  1. Louisiana Lottery Proceeds for Education Act, Ballot Measure 9 (October 2003)

Maine

  1. Maine State Lottery, Referendum Question No. 1 (1973)
  2. Maine Video Lottery at Horse Tracks, Question 3 (2000)

Maryland

  1. Maryland State Lottery Exception, Question 2 (1972)
  2. Maryland Authorization of State Lotteries, Amendment 1 (1938)

Minnesota

  1. Minnesota Use of Lottery for Environmental Trust Fund, Amendment 1 (1990)
  2. Minnesota Use of Lottery for Environmental Trust Fund, Amendment 1 (1998)
  3. Minnesota State Lottery, Amendment 2 (1988)

Mississippi

  1. Mississippi Lottery, Amendment 1 (1992)

Missouri

  1. Missouri Veterans Lottery Ticket, Amendment 8 (August 2014)

Montana

  1. Montana Establish State Lottery, LR-100 (1986)

Nebraska

  1. Nebraska State Lottery System, Amendment 5 (1990)
  2. Nebraska Lottery Authorization, Amendment 1 (1962)
  3. Nebraska State Lottery Establishment, Amendment 1a (1992)
  4. Nebraska State Lottery Proceed Use, Amendment 1b (1992)

Nevada

  1. Nevada Operation and Regulation of Lotteries Amendment (2026)
  2. Nevada State Question 22, State Lottery Amendment (February 1889)

New Hampshire

  1. New Hampshire Lottery Moneys Amendment, Question 1 (1990)

New Mexico

  1. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 8, Lottery and Gaming (1994)

New Jersey

  1. New Jersey Question 3, No Lottery Funds to go to Prisons (1999)
  2. New Jersey Public Question No. 4 (1984)

New York

  1. New York State Lotteries for Education, Amendment 7 (1966)

North Dakota

  1. North Dakota Multi-State Lottery, Initiated Constitutional Measure 2 (2002)

Oregon

  1. Oregon Measure 99, Outdoor School Lottery Fund Initiative (2016)
  2. Oregon Measure 96, Portion of Lottery Proceeds for Support of Veterans Amendment (2016)

Rhode Island

  1. Rhode Island Lotteries, Proposal 4 (1973)

South Carolina

  1. South Carolina Amendment on Bingo, Amendment 5 (1974)

South Dakota

  1. South Dakota Lottery System, Amendment E (1994)
  2. South Dakota Games of Chance, Amendment D (1970)
  3. South Dakota Games of Chance, Amendment D (1982)
  4. South Dakota State Lottery, Amendment B (1986)
  5. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Initiative 4 (1992)
  6. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Amendment D (2000)
  7. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Initiative 7 (2006)

Tennessee

  1. Tennessee Lottery for Education, Amendment 1 (2002)

Texas

  1. Texas Proposition 11, State Lottery Amendment (1991)

Vermont

  1. Vermont State Lottery Question (1976)
  2. Vermont Statewide Referendum: State Lottery (1976)

Washington

  1. Washington Referendum 34, State Lottery Measure (1974)

By year

Note: The list below automatically compiles all potential and certified ballot measures being tracked by Ballotpedia. Sometimes a measure that has been abandoned by petitioners or in the legislature will still be listed until a legal deadline passes. As more deadlines pass in any given year, the list will more accurately represent which measures will actually go before voters in the current year.

2026

  1. Nevada Operation and Regulation of Lotteries Amendment (2026)

2016

  1. Oregon Measure 99, Outdoor School Lottery Fund Initiative (2016)
  2. Oregon Measure 96, Portion of Lottery Proceeds for Support of Veterans Amendment (2016)

2014

  1. Missouri Veterans Lottery Ticket, Amendment 8 (August 2014)

2009

  1. California Proposition 1C, Changes to State Lottery to Reduce Budget Deficit Amendment (May 2009)

2008

  1. Arkansas State Lottery, Proposed Amendment 3 (2008)

2006

  1. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Initiative 7 (2006)
  2. Arizona Proposition 200, Voter Reward Initiative (2006)

2003

  1. Louisiana Lottery Proceeds for Education Act, Ballot Measure 9 (October 2003)

2002

  1. Arizona Proposition 301, Extension of State Lottery Initiative (2002)
  2. North Dakota Multi-State Lottery, Initiated Constitutional Measure 2 (2002)
  3. Tennessee Lottery for Education, Amendment 1 (2002)

2000

  1. California Proposition 20, Lottery Funds for Instructional Materials Measure (March 2000)
  2. Maine Video Lottery at Horse Tracks, Question 3 (2000)
  3. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Amendment D (2000)
  4. Arkansas Statewide Lottery, Charitable Bingo and Casino Gaming, Proposed Amendment 5 (2000)

1999

  1. Alabama State Lottery Act, Amendment 1 (1999)
  2. New Jersey Question 3, No Lottery Funds to go to Prisons (1999)

1998

  1. Arizona Proposition 304, Extension of State Lottery Initiative (1998)
  2. Minnesota Use of Lottery for Environmental Trust Fund, Amendment 1 (1998)
  3. Georgia Lottery Appropriations, Amendment 2 (1998)

1996

  1. Arkansas State Lottery and Casino Gambling, Proposed Amendment 4 (1996)
  2. Arizona Proposition 203, Lottery Revenues for Health Programs Initiative (1996)

1994

  1. South Dakota Lottery System, Amendment E (1994)
  2. New Mexico Proposed Amendment 8, Lottery and Gaming (1994)

1992

  1. South Dakota Repeal Video Lottery, Initiative 4 (1992)
  2. Nebraska State Lottery Establishment, Amendment 1a (1992)
  3. Nebraska State Lottery Proceed Use, Amendment 1b (1992)
  4. Mississippi Lottery, Amendment 1 (1992)
  5. Georgia State Lottery, Amendment 1 (1992)

1991

  1. Texas Proposition 11, State Lottery Amendment (1991)

1990

  1. Nebraska State Lottery System, Amendment 5 (1990)
  2. Minnesota Use of Lottery for Environmental Trust Fund, Amendment 1 (1990)
  3. New Hampshire Lottery Moneys Amendment, Question 1 (1990)

1988

  1. Idaho Authorization of a Lottery or Gift Enterprise, HJR 3 (1988)
  2. Minnesota State Lottery, Amendment 2 (1988)
  3. Indiana Lotteries, Proposition 1 (1988)

1986

  1. Florida Amendment 5, State Lottery Initiative (1986)
  2. Idaho State Lottery Commission Initiative, Initiative 1 (1986)
  3. Montana Establish State Lottery, LR-100 (1986)
  4. South Dakota State Lottery, Amendment B (1986)
  5. Kansas State Lottery, Amendment 4 (1986)

1984

  1. New Jersey Public Question No. 4 (1984)
  2. California Proposition 37, Gambling Provisions Initiative (1984)

1982

  1. South Dakota Games of Chance, Amendment D (1982)

1976

  1. Vermont State Lottery Question (1976)
  2. Vermont Statewide Referendum: State Lottery (1976)

1974

  1. Washington Referendum 34, State Lottery Measure (1974)
  2. South Carolina Amendment on Bingo, Amendment 5 (1974)

1973

  1. Maine State Lottery, Referendum Question No. 1 (1973)
  2. Rhode Island Lotteries, Proposal 4 (1973)

1972

  1. Maryland State Lottery Exception, Question 2 (1972)
  2. Iowa Lottery Prohibition, Amendment 3 (1972)
  3. Colorado Amendment No. 6, Operation of a State Lottery Initiative (1972)

1970

  1. South Dakota Games of Chance, Amendment D (1970)

1966

  1. New York State Lotteries for Education, Amendment 7 (1966)

1964

  1. California Proposition 16, State Lottery Initiative (1964)

1962

  1. Nebraska Lottery Authorization, Amendment 1 (1962)

1938

  1. Maryland Authorization of State Lotteries, Amendment 1 (1938)

1908

  1. California Sale of Corporate Stock, Amendment 34 (1908)

Before 1900

  1. Nevada State Question 22, State Lottery Amendment (February 1889)

Did not make ballot

Did not make ballot

  1. Oregon Lottery Funds for Veterans Amendment (2014)
  2. Oregon County Allocation of Lottery Proceeds Amendment (2014)
  3. Arkansas Lottery Proceeds for Scholarships Amendment (2016)
  4. Oregon County Distribution of Lottery Proceeds Amendment (2016)
  5. Oregon Lottery Proceeds for Veterans' Services Amendment (2016)
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