Jeffrey R. Anderson Idaho Lottery Director
Luck Happens. The Idaho Lottery is celebrating 22 years of responsibly providing critical funds for the good causes we support: Idaho’s Public Schools, the Permanent Building Fund, and the Department of Education’s Bond Levy Equalization Fund. Fiscal Year 2011 was unparalleled as the Lottery’s most successful year. In keeping with the leadership ideas of the State to promote responsible government, provide economic opportunity, and empower Idahoans, Team Lottery delivered on our mission to responsibly optimize our annual dividend. At the Idaho Lottery, we say luck happens because every play pays in the form of player prizes, retailer commissions, and the annual dividend. In Fiscal Year 2011, the Idaho Lottery was a $147.2 million enterprise. Our players won a record amount of prizes, including seven players who won more than a million dollars, the most ever in a single year in Idaho. By recording our first ever Mega Millions jackpot winner, we created a nine million dollar income tax windfall to Idaho’s General Fund. Luck happens! Our 1,000+ retail partners, the local corner stores and markets in nearly every community of the Gem State, had more players visiting them than in any other year and earned record commissions of nearly $9 million this past year. The Lottery is a winner for Idaho. Our goals are ambitious, but I am confident in our future success. Through the continued collaboration with our vendor partners and the backbone of our business, our dedicated retailers, we will continue to provide affordable entertainment for our players. Luck truly happens when we are able to responsibly grow our dividend for the benefit of all Idahoans.
Good Luck.
Jeffrey R. Anderson Director, Idaho Lottery
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