by Alisa Nelson | Jan 11, 2024 | News
A total of 45 winning tickets worth $1 million or more were purchased by Missouri Lottery players last year. “It’s pretty exciting to realize we averaged a new millionaire every 8.1 days last year,” said Lester Elder, executive director of the Missouri Lottery. “It...
by Anthony Morabith | Dec 14, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Lottery is seeing a big year when it comes to total sales – $1.8 billion, the second highest in the lottery’s 38-year history. Lester Elder, the Missouri Lottery Commission’s director, said $425 million dollars were transferred to education in Fiscal Year...
by Marshall Griffin | Nov 17, 2023 | Education, News, Politics / Govt
More than $8 billion have now been forwarded to public education throughout the state by the Missouri Lottery. That milestone was reached Friday when the Lottery office transferred just over $35 million made from ticket sales in October into the Lottery Proceeds Fund....
by admin | May 30, 2021 | News
Bipartisan legislation that gives Missouri Lottery winners the option to remain anonymous is now on Governor Mike Parson’s desk. It’s the first time in Missouri history that the Legislature has approved a bill from husband-and-wife legislators. The Senate...
by admin | May 6, 2021 | Business, News, Sports Features
Gaming legislation appears to be dead this session, after the recent impasse on video lottery terminal (VLT) legislation in the Missouri Senate. Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) tells our Sullivan affiliate KTUI that he has numerous concerns with the...
