Launched its first-ever $10 Scratchers ticket – “$250 Million Cash Spectacular” – which offered players a chance to win a share of more than $250 million in prize money, including 31 instant $1 million prizes. In the Lottery’s continuing effort to bring new, interesting and exciting means of entertainment to its games, Hot Spot offers more chances to win with 10 Spots, 1 through 10, and a $100,000 Top Prize. Recently launched a new far-reaching business plan that maps out innovative and concrete ways to increase sales and earn more money for education. Prize payout flexibility legislation allows the Lottery to create more winners by awarding more money than ever before in prizes. Received a Level 3 Certification under the World Lottery Association’s Responsible Gaming Framework. Won a certificate of achievement for financial reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States for the eighth year in a row. Our ground-breaking consumer protection efforts were highlighted in two episodes of NBC’s Dateline and will be featured again later this year. Replay Program continues to grow – this year we passed the one million subscribers mark and also celebrated 100 million ticket codes entered into the site.
Contributed more than $1 billion a year to education for 11 consecutive years. Generated more than $24 billion in total for schools. Products can be purchased in 21,000 retailers. Produced $4.3 billion in revenues for retailers.