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The lottery story began three governors ago in 1987 with Gov. Gerald Baliles. A referendum on the ballot in November allowed Virginians to be the deciding factor in whether the commonwealth would have a staterun lottery. It passed with a 57 percent vote.
“If you ask the average person where they thought the lottery money was supposed to go, they’ll tell you education,” said Kenneth W. Thorson, former Virginia Lottery director. “It was never by law committed to edu
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