“National Lottery Week is a great occasion to show appreciation for our customers, retailers and communities, all of whom share in our success,” said Mark William Bracken, Executive Director of the Mass Lottery. “We are grateful for our industry colleagues throughout the U.S. and Canada who have embraced this celebration and made it an annual one.”
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MASS LOTTERY TO CELEBRATE 6TH ANNUAL NATIONAL LOTTERY WEEK JULY 14-20
Lotteries across North America joining together to celebrate collective contributions to the communities they serve
DORCHESTER, MA (July 12, 2024) – The Massachusetts State Lottery, in collaboration with lotteries across the United States and Canada, will be observing the sixth annual National Lottery Week, a celebration of lotteries throughout North America in acknowledgement of their collective contributions to the communities they serve, from July 14-20.
The Mass Lottery established the first National Lottery Day on July 17, 2018, providing customers and retail partners with a day of special promotions for lottery products, while celebrating the Lottery as a valuable source of essential unrestricted local aid in the Commonwealth since selling its first ticket in 1972. In 2019, the Mass Lottery and other lotteries collaborated to create the first National Lottery Week.
“National Lottery Week is a great occasion to show appreciation for our customers, retailers and communities, all of whom share in our success,” said Mark William Bracken, Executive Director of the Mass Lottery. “We are grateful for our industry colleagues throughout the U.S. and Canada who have embraced this celebration and made it an annual one.”
Over the course of the week, the Mass Lottery will utilize social media to highlight multiple themes, including the support the Lottery provides to all 351 cities and towns, the Lottery’s retail partners, and responsible gambling. Appreciation of lottery customers will be celebrated with the following promotions:
Quic Pic Palooza
From Monday, July 15 through Sunday, July 21, play $5 or more on a single draw or monitor game ticket and you could win a free $1 Quic Pic ticket. The promotion concludes at 8:59 p.m. Sunday, July 21.
JAWS Bonus Bite Promotion
From Monday, July 15 through Sunday, July 28, for every non-winning $10 JAWS instant ticket entered through the Mass Lottery app or on the Mass Lottery website, players will earn one entry for a chance to win a cash prize, in addition to being entered into the next JAWS Second Chance Drawing. The Lottery will randomly select 170 winners. A total of $20,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, with prize denominations of $50, $100 and $500.
Complete details about Lottery Week promotions are available at masslottery.com.
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Approximately 98 percent of funds generated from Mass Lottery games go directly back into the economy through prizes (73 percent), unrestricted aid for cities and towns (19 percent), and retailer commissions and bonuses (6 percent). The remainder supports Lottery operations, providing direct and indirect employment opportunities, and other benefits.
Since selling its first ticket in 1972, the Mass Lottery has generated over $155 billion in revenues, awarded over $109 billion in prizes, returned over $33 billion in net profit to the Commonwealth for unrestricted local aid provided to cities and towns, and paid over $8.8 billion in commissions and bonuses to its statewide network of retailers.
Throughout the country, lottery proceeds are dedicated to a variety of important causes, including local aid, education, healthcare, environmental conservation, and infrastructure development. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. lotteries generated more than $30.3 billion their beneficiaries.