The Florida Lottery began operation on January 12, 1988, by order of a constitutional amendment approved by Florida voters by a 2-to-1 margin in the general election of November 4, 1986. JSTOR ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification.