In 1988, Idahoans voted and approved establishing a state lottery to benefit public education and the State’s Permanent Building Fund. Since then, and for thirty-five years, the Lottery has been a success as sales from the Lottery help Idaho small businesses and most importantly, the profits from those sales help fund critical needs for schools and building state facilities across the Gem State. In all, we are proud to have contributed over $1.273 billion to make Idaho a better place for all. More importantly, the billions raised by the Idaho Lottery are realized from voluntary participation, not taxes. Without the Idaho Lottery, Idaho schools would have been deprived of roughly $733 million and the state building fund of $540 million in those 35 years.
This year’s $84 million dividend was another record from the Idaho Lottery, the fifth record dividend under Governor Brad Little. The health of the Lottery dividend is a reflection on the health of Idaho’s economy – strong and robust. As Idaho’s economy has
