Download our latest Fun Facts brochure for 2007.
Please enjoy this overview of the Ohio Lottery’s
Fiscal Year 2006 operations.
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About Us
- Total Number of Employees: 340 as of May, 2007.
- Lottery start-up date: August, 1974 (Weekly game.).
- How it was created: Legislative action and voter referendum, May, 1973.
- Governing Department: Self-sustaining branch.
- Director reports to Governor.
- Governmental relationship: Director and 9-member commission appointed by Governor.
- Budget approval through Office of Budget and Management and Ohio General Assembly; Commission serves in an advisory capacity.
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- 48-52 games distributed to agents per year.
- Multiple games with both high-tier and low-tier prize structures offered concurrently.
- 5-30 million tickets per game.
- Average life of game 20 weeks.
- Spotlight games with price point of $20 and $10 have average life of one year.
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- Pick 3 began December 3, 1979.
- 14 drawings each week; 7 mid-day and 7 evening drawings.
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- Pick 4 began April 9, 1981.
- 14 drawings each week; 7 mid-day and 7 evening drawings.
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- Debuted on January 22, 2007.
- Cost: $1.
- Match 6 of 49 numbers to win jackpot.
- Jackpot starts at $1,000,000 and rolls until hit.
- The jackpot increases at least $100,000 per draw but goes higher based on sales.
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- Newest Lotto game debuted on August 5, 2007.
- Cost: $1.
- 20 numbers drawn from a pool of 80 .
- Match 10 of 20 numbers to win $500,000 jackpot.
- Win $3 for matching no numbers.
- Drawings are twice daily.
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- Jackpot starts at $100,000 and rolls until hit.
- Jackpot is split among multiple winners.
- Match 5/5 to win jackpot, match 4/5 to win $300, match 3/5 to win $10, match 2/5 to win $1.
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- Mega Millions is a multi-state game that includes twelve different member states.
- $12 million minimum jackpot, and increases based on sales.
- Match 5/5 plus the gold mega ball to win the jackpot. There are nine different ways you can win.
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Piggybacks the Mega Millions game for $1.00.
- Six numbers generated by computer, player option to say "Yes " or "No"
- Match 6 from left to right and win $100,000, match 5 to win $5,000, match 4 to win $1,000, match 3 to win $100, match 2 to win $10.
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On-Line Features
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- Quick Pick on Pick 3, Pick 4
- Auto Lotto on Classic Lotto, Mega Millions and Rolling Cash 5
- No subscriptions
- Classic Lotto drawings on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Rolling Cash 5 drawings seven days a week
- Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings seven days a week
- Mega Millions/Kicker drawings on Tuesdays and Fridays
- Multi-draw capability
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Miscellaneous
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- Biggest Ohio Lottery jackpot to date: $267 million Mega Millions jackpot, 2/28/06, sold at Lyons Main Stop, 105 West Morenci Street, Lyons, OH
- Per capita play for all games: $195.51 per person (FY 2006)
- OHIO LOTTERY NATIONAL RANKINGS (2006):
- 9th in total gross sales
- 18th in total sales per capita
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