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The Vermont Lottery began fiscal operations as an enterprise fund in October 1977, following a 1976 referendum, and the enactment of Public Act No. 82 by the 1977 General Assembly. [1] It is run by the Vermont Lottery Commission, which is headquartered in Berlin. [2] Along with Maine and New Hampshire, Vermont is a member of the Tri-State ...
Vermont joined on January 31, 2010, Maine joined on May 9, 2010. Maine and New Hampshire also offer MUSL's Hot (similar to Mega Millions or Lucky for Life ), which is offered by 14 lotteries. Vermont ended sales of Hot Lotto in May 2014 (Hot Lotto ended on October 28, 2017, while a new version of Lotto*America debuted on November 12, 2017.
Lotteries in the United States did not always have sterling reputations. One early lottery in particular, the National Lottery, which was passed by Congress for the beautification of Washington, D.C., and was administered by the municipal government, was the subject of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision – Cohens v. Virginia. [7]
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The 71-year-old Wexford County player won the $4.37 million jackpot with the wining numbers 08-23-26-31-36-40, according to a Feb. 23 news release from Michigan Lottery. “I’m still in ...
The tickets include two Powerball tickets and a Keno ticket, the Oregon Lottery said in a Sept. 18 news release. A lucky Keno player won $58,372.20 from a ticket sold in Salem, lottery officials said.
In 2007, the Oregon Lottery released a Windows Sidebar gadget that displays the winning numbers for Powerball in real-time. The gadget also provides large jackpot announcements. The New York Lottery introduced a Powerball scratchcard in 2010. Five winning numbers plus a Powerball were printed across the top of the card, with 12 opportunities to ...
Money from the Vermont Lottery supplied about 2% of the annual expenditures for education in 2007, contributing $23 million, [32] of the $1.3 billion of school spending. [33] Prior to 1998, profits from the lottery went to the state government's general fund, but since then all profits are required to be spent on education. [32]