Where the Money Goes Fiscal Year 2019 Overview The Idaho Lottery celebrated its 30th Anniversary in 2019 and returned the largest dividend in its history - $60 million. These dividends provide meaningful contributions to the budgets for maintenance, repairs and capital improvement projects for Idaho’s public schools and the State of Idaho’s permanent facilities, places like our college campuses and operational infrastructure. Records were set for prizes paid to the players ($190 million), and commissions earned by Idaho Lottery retailers ($16.6 million). Since 1989, the first year of operations, the Idaho Lottery has returned $906 million for the benefit of schools from kindergarten through college. Dividends support three different public funds: the Department of Education’s Public School Building Fund, the Department of Education’s Bond Levy Equalization Fund, and the Department of Administration’s Permanent Building Fund. Rigorous fiscal management of Idaho Lottery’s operating costs is paramount to its overall success. Prizes 66% Dividend 21%
Retailer Commissions 6% Marketing/ Communications 1%
Program Operations/ Game Support 4% Administration 2%