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Kentucky Lottery generates more than $2 billion in sales in fiscal year 2024

"What is most special about this accomplishment is that we generated even more money to fund higher education in every part of the state," Mary Harville, Kentucky Lottery president and CEO said. "The scholarships and grants we fund are important because they encourage Kentucky students to stay in Kentucky, to go to school and eventually make their homes right here in the state."

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LUCK IS CALLING IN FOUR NEW TEXAS LOTTERY ® GAMES

"The Texas Lottery is excited to begin a new fiscal year with the Lucky 7s scratch ticket family, which offers more than $177 million in total cash prizes across four games,” said Ryan Mindell, executive director of the Texas Lottery

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Colorado Lottery achieves record sales, generating over $196 million for the great outdoors

“Our goal to become a $1 billion lottery is in our sight with this year’s tremendous revenue success,” said Tom Seaver, Director of the Colorado Lottery, “and we’ll soon surpass the $200 million mark for our proceeds partners that support our state’s parks, recreation, open space, and wildlife preservation projects. 

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New Mexico Lottery Returns a Record $51 Million to the Scholarship Fund

David Barden, New Mexico Lottery CEO and Past President of the Multi-State Lottery Association, said, “Thank you to all our players and New Mexico Lottery retailers for helping to raise the most funds ever in one fiscal year for New Mexico students.”

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Illinois Lottery celebrates 50 years of rich history, from pingpong balls and TV drawings to minting folk-hero millionaires

“We’ve had a huge growth spurt the last four years,” said Harold Mays, director of the Illinois Lottery. “Everybody engages with the lottery. It’s a very simple proposition.” Instant scratch tickets accounted for $2 billion or 57% of the $3.6 billion in total Illinois lottery sales last year, according to the state’s annual report on wagering for fiscal year 2023.

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Romanian Lottery transfers RON 1.5 m for Olympic team funding

"The sale of Team Romania lottery tickets in record time confirms that the project was a great success and I would like to thank all those who were actively involved and, at the same time, all Romanians who understood that that way they can be with the Romanian Olympic team," Romanian Lottery General Manager Ionut-Valeriu Andrei is quoted as saying.

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Massachusetts State Lottery reports $1.157 billion net profit for FY 2024

Mark William Bracken, Executive Director of the Mass Lottery, highlighted the continued support from various stakeholders. “Thanks to our customers, our employees, and our statewide retail partners, we were once again able to deliver over $1 billion to our local communities,” Bracken said.

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