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The Illinois Lottery began selling tickets in July 1974 as a result of legislation sponsored by the legendary State Representative Edolo J. "Zeke" Giorgi

Illinois Department Of The Lottery Names Its Springfield Building The E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Lottery Building.   "Because of the historic legislation led by Representative Giorgi and signed by Governor Walker fifty years ago, the Illinois Lottery has generated over $24 billion for K-12 education in the State of Illinois. We’ve also generated close to $100 million to help support numerous specialty causes and created over 2,200 millionaires along the way," said Illinois Lottery Director Harold Mays.

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New Mexico Lottery’s Guy Fieri Flavortown Fortune! Awarded Best New Instant Game At NASPL ’24

 “When we learned that the license to Guy Fieri was available, we knew immediately we could have a lot of a fun with it,” said Karla Wilkinson, Director of Gaming Products, New Mexico Lottery. “After validating that the brand was well-known to players in New Mexico, our marketing team set a goal of maximizing the impact this brand could have, resulting in a truly innovative, multi-channel marketing campaign.

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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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