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The Ohio Lottery Commission was created in May 1973 by a voter-approved constitutional amendment. The first tickets went on sale in August 1974. Today, the Ohio Lottery Commission offers customers a wide variety of instant games and on-line games to play at about 8,500 licensed retailer locations across the state. In FY05, the Ohio Lottery added on another task: to administer and monitor charitable bingo licensing for the state.

Since 1974, the Lottery has provided more than $15 billion to public education. Annually, we provide about 4.5 percent of the funding needed for public education -- an effort shared by local, state and federal governments.

Watch the evening drawings and the
Cash Explosion Show on the following
TV stations.

WEWS, Channel 5, Cleveland
WLWT, Channel 5, Cincinnati
WTTE, Channel 28, Columbus
WTOV, Channel 9, Steubenville
WFMJ, Channel 21, Youngstown
WHIO, Channel 7, Dayton
WLMO Ch.38, WOHL Ch.25, WLQP Ch.18, Lima
WTOL, Channel 11, Toledo
WHCP, Channel 30, Portsmouth
WHIZ, Channel 18, Zanesville
WSAZ, Channel 3, Huntington, WV

If you would like to watch a live midday or evening drawing at WEWS Channel 5 studios, please contact our Security office at 216-774-5757.

Our "Performance Ohio" Mission
The intent of Performance Ohio is to collect information that will link to the Governor’s priorities for the state, and be used to monitor progress, identify opportunities and share successes.

Mission: To regulate and conduct lottery games within the State of Ohio for the benefit of public education

Vision: To conduct business in a manner consistent with world class gaming operations.

Values:

• To adhere to all legal and ethical standards of the State of Ohio.
  
• To protect the integrity of the Ohio Lottery with employees, sales retailers and most importantly, players.
  
• To honor and maintain the annual commitment to the Lottery Profits Education Fund.
  
• To continue to offer to players only games which are fair and equitable in terms of quality, quantity and value of awarded prizes.
  
• To promote the accessibility of lottery games among all the citizens of the State of Ohio.
  
• To evaluate retailers not only on the basis of revenues generated, but with consideration to their location and the population that they serve.
  
• To maximize the excess of revenues over expenses, to judge all expenditures solely on the basis of their contribution to producing profits for the agency, and to make every effort to evaluate and improve operational efficiency.
  
• To be always worthy of the public’s trust and respect.
  

Goal 1: To meet or exceed commitments to the Lottery Profits Education Fund in support of primary and secondary education in Ohio.

• Objective: To increase revenues through product research, design, development, and support.
  
• Objective: To decrease expenses through management of contracts and review of agency operation to identify improvements and efficiencies.

Goal 2: The Ohio Lottery Commission will achieve and maintain excellence in our workforce, organization, services and product, through adherence to the quality principles.

• Objective: Improve service to our customers, vendors, and citizens of the State of Ohio.
  
• Objective: Improve the efficiency and accountability of prize processing and comply with the provisions of O.R.C. 3770.071
  
• Objective: Improve the productivity and accountability of our organization.
  
• Objective: To improve the productivity of Agent Retailers by reviewing operating procedures, enhancing information exchange and streaming lottery processes.

Goal 3: The Ohio Lottery Commission will partner with Ohio Attorney General to increase the accountability of charitable gaming in the State of Ohio.

• Objective: To establish a Charitable Gaming Applications, Licensing, and Renewal processes.
  
• Objective: To conduct site inspections of charitable organizations' gaming practices.