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CEO. Longtime CEO Arch Gleason
recently died soon after retirement. The
new CEO will be appointed by Gov.
Matt Bevin, and is subject to confirma-
tion by the lottery board of directors.
maryland lottery
Maryland Lottery Sets All-Time Record
for Sales and Profits. Maryland Lot-
tery and Gaming (ML&G) announced
more than a half-dozen record-breaking
figures for Fiscal Year 2016. The Lot-
tery’s record sales of $1.908 billion best-
ed the previous record set in FY2012 by
6.3%, and FY 2015 by 8.2%, and pow-
ered all-time highs for prizes to players,
retailer commissions and profit to the
State of Maryland. ML&G contributed
an unprecedented $1.079 billion to the
State of Maryland – $569.8 million
from traditional lottery and $510 mil-
lion from casinos. The total represents
a 6.7 % increase from the previous
combined record of $1.012 billion set
in FY2015.
“The many milestones that we reached
clearly reflect the good year we had, not
just for the lottery but for everyone—
more prizes for our players, stronger
commissions for our retailers, and most
importantly, an all-time record contri-
bution to the State,”
said Maryland
Lottery and Gaming Director Gor-
don Medenica.
“We’re optimistic that
the coming year, which will bring the
opening of the state’s sixth casino, will be
another record-setter.”
Sales of instant tickets (scratch-offs)
set an all-time record, totaling $611.3
million, an increase of $65.2 million
(12.0 %) over FY2015. FY2016 also
saw the Maryland Lottery add to its
lineup of draw games for the first time
since 2012 with the Cash4Life game,
which went on sale in January 2016.
Maryland became the sixth state to
join the multi-state game. The growth
of the state’s casino gaming industry
continued during FY2016, which
marked the first time that five casi-
nos were operating in Maryland for a
full fiscal year. Gross gaming revenue
totaled $1.144 billion, beating last
year’s figure by $105 million (10.2 %).
Casino revenue contributed $402.5
million to the Maryland Education
Trust Fund (ETF).
new mexico lottery
New Mexico Lottery delivers its high-
est profits ever: $46.3 million in FY
2016, approximately $5.2 million
more than last year’s return. Sales were
approximately $154.3 million, up
$17.3 million (12.65%) from last year.
new york lottery
The New York State Lottery sales
topped $9.7 billion for the financial
year that ended March 31. The sales
increase produced a $3.3 billion bo-
nanza in aid to public schools. More
than half of the $7.7 billion in sales
for traditional lottery games involve
the popular scratch-off tickets.
north carolina lottery
North Carolina Education Lottery
set new records in sales and earnings
in fiscal year 2016, raising more than
$600 million for education programs
in North Carolina. That makes it 10
years of consecutive sales growth. Lot-
tery ticket sales totaled $2.38 billion,
up 20 percent from the year before.
The lottery raised $607.8 million for
education, up 16.5 percent from the
year before.
ohio lottery
Ohio Lottery Celebrates Historic $1
Billion Profit Transfer. Ohio Lottery
traditional sales combined with video
lottery net win reached a record $3.9
billion in Fiscal Year 2016, up $263.1
million from Fiscal Year 2015. Seven
fully functional racinos combined with
the continued growth of the lottery’s
KENO and EZPLAY® Games and a
record Powerball jackpot contributed
to the eleventh consecutive year of
profit growth. The Lottery generated a
record $1.06 billion in transfers.
pennsylvania lottery
Pennsylvania Lottery reports record
sales. Over the last year, the Pennsyl-
vania Lottery set new records in terms
of total sales, net revenue, and total
amounts paid to winners. For this cur-
rent fiscal year, the lottery made $4.13
billion in total sales. Of that, $2.64
billion was paid out to winners, and
$1.20 billion turned over to the state.
tennessee lottery
The Tennessee Education Lottery Cor-
poration closes year by shattering mul-
tiple records, including an all-time high
for sales and net proceeds for educa-
tion. This year’s record sales resulted in
a contribution of $394 Million for all
education programs funded by the Lot-
tery, a record increase of $46.3 Million,
or 13.3 percent, over last year’s record
return. This brings the total raised to
more than $3.8 Billion since inception.
The Lottery reported a record $1.626
Billion in total sales for the period from
July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016,
an increase of $151 Million, or 10.2
percent, over last year’s previous sales
record of $1.475 Billion. This brings
total sales since inception to more than
$15 Billion.
Strong instant game sales started the
year off on a record pace, culminating
with a record $1.304 Billion—6.88
percent over last year’s record of $1.22
Billion. Drawing-style game sales set a
record of $322.8 Million, 7.6 percent
higher than the prior record of $300
Million. The Lottery set monthly
total sales records in 11 of the 12
months of FY16, and set quarterly
records for all four quarters.
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