The Pennsylvania Lottery is operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania Legislature on August 26, 1971 and that October, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first Executive Director. The lottery debuted on March 7, 1972.
Lottery proceeds
By state law, at least 40 percent of lottery proceeds is required to be paid as prizes and at least 30 percent is required to fund programs. Currently, the Pennsylvania Lottery exceeds these requirements, for 55.1% is paid as prizes, 34.5% is paid to programs, 8.0% is paid as retailer and vendor commissions, and 2.4% is consumed as operating expenses.
For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, approximately $2.37 billion in gross revenue was acquired through proceeds and interest. Approximately $1.306 billion was paid as prizes, $817.8 million was paid to programs, $189.6 million was paid as retailer and vendor commissions, and $56.9 million was paid to advertising and operations. The gross revenue for fiscal year 2003-2004 represents an increase of approximately 40.6% in sales over the past five years (since fiscal year 1998-1999).
The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only lottery in the United States that exclusively targets all of its proceeds to programs for older residents. Since the beginning of the Lottery in 1972, more than $14.6 billion has been contributed to programs. Such programs include:
- Property tax and rent rebates
- Shared/Free Ride Program
- PACE (Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly)
- PACENET (Enhanced Tier PACE)
- 52 Area Agencies on Aging
- 650 Senior Community Centers
- Hot Meals Program
- Home-delivered meals
The Pennsylvania Lottery website contains more detailed information about its lottery proceeds and associated programs.
Current online games
The Pennsylvania Lottery currently has several online (lottery terminal) games in operation.
Daily Number
The Daily Number is a three-digit game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. ET, with the numbers posted on the Lottery's website after 1:35 p.m. ET, and on a live televised drawing at 6:58:50 p.m. ET), seven days a week. Single tickets can be purchased in amounts of $0.50, up to $5.00. Additionally, tickets can be purchased up to seven days (one week) in advance.
The Daily Number can be played in five basic ways:
Big 4
Big 4 is a four-digit game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. ET, with the numbers posted on the Lottery's website after 1:35 p.m. ET, and on the live televised drawing at 6:58:50 p.m. ET), seven days a week. Single tickets can be purchased in amounts of $0.50, up to $5.00. Additionally, tickets can be purchased up to seven days (one week) in advance.
Big 4 can be played in two basic ways:
Cash 5
Cash 5 is a game which consists of five numbers, from 1 to 43 (previously 1 to 39). It is drawn once a day during the live televised nighttime drawings at 6:58:50 p.m. ET, seven days a week. Tickets cost $1.00 each. Additionally, tickets can be purchased up to seven days (one week) in advance. The starting jackpot for each drawing is $125,000 (originally $100,000), unless there was no jackpot winner for the previous drawing, in which case the jackpot increases. The Cash 5 jackpot is paid in cash (never in annuity).
Cash 5 has four available prize amounts:
Mix & Match
Mix & Match is game that involves selecting five numbers from 1 to 19, as well as the order in which they will be drawn. There are two ways to win: one for matching three or more numbers in any order ("mixing"), and the other for matching at least one number in its correct position ("matching"). The jackpot starts at $50,000 (lump sum) and is won by matching all five numbers in the order in which they are drawn. The price of one play is $2. Mix & Match is drawn during the live nighttime televised drawings at 6:58:50 p.m. ET on Mondays and Thursdays.
Overall odds of winning are 1 in 3.57. Odds are rounded.
The Pennsylvania Lottery had planned to retire Mix & Match on November 3, 2009, replacing it with a new game called Double Play. These plans were put on hold by Pennsylvania Lottery officials the previous month.
Super 7 (2009)
Super 7 was re-introduced on March 11, 2009; the first drawing of the current Super 7 game was on March 13, 2009. It is a revival of the game of the same name which ran from 1986 to 1995.
The game is played by selecting seven numbers from a field of 77, with each selection costing $2. Every Tuesday and Friday night during the live evening televised drawings at 6:59 p.m. ET, the lottery draws 11 numbers from a mix of 77 numbered balls. If all 7 numbers on a player’s ticket match any 7 of the 11 balls drawn, the player wins a jackpot that is paid over 30 years, or a cash option jackpot paid in one lump sum, depending on the player's choice. Unlike in Powerball, where the jackpot choice is made after winning, Super 7 players are required to make the choice when playing; the payment option cannot be changed after winning. Except for the $2 fifth prize, all payouts are parimutuel.
The prize structure is as follows:
The payout percentage in Super 7 is 52.19% (the original Super 7's payout percentage was 49%).
Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt was first drawn on May 8, 2007. It involves selecting five numbers from a field of 30. It is drawn each day at 1:10 p.m. ET, and the results are released at 1:35 p.m. ET on the Lottery's website. It is the only game in the Lottery's rotation that is only played during the non-televised midday drawing, as well as the only one whose numbers are selected via a computer instead of numbered balls. The jackpot has a minimum value of $10,000 to a single winner, although sales often bring the top prize to single winner higher than that. Prizes are also won by matching four, three, or two of the winning numbers. Treasure Hunt, on average, contributes 58% of sales back into prize money.
Overall odds of winning are 1 in 5.45. Odds are rounded.
Powerball
Main article: PowerballPowerball is a multi-jurisdictional game operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Pennsylvania joined the then-10-year-old game in 2002; its first participating drawing was on June 29, 2002. Powerball is drawn every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
Until Florida joined Powerball in January 2009, Pennsylvania was its most populous member.
Quinto
Quinto was first drawn on August 26, 2008. It is a five-digit game, drawn twice a day (at 1:10 p.m. ET, with the numbers posted on the Lottery's website after 1:35 p.m. ET, and on the live televised drawing at 6:58:50 p.m. ET), seven days a week. The game is the next logical step in a sequence beginning with The Daily Number and Big 4, being a five-digit game with each number picked from balls marked 0-9. The minimum play in Quinto is $1. Players can purchase tickets up to seven days in advance.
Odds and payouts for Quinto are as follows:
The payout percentage is 50.04% (slightly higher on "box" wagers).
Other online games
Millionaire Raffle
The Millionaire Raffle is the only online game shown on the nightly broadcast that uses a computerized random number generator. The cost of a ticket is US$20, and that ticket is assigned a unique eight-digit number from 00000001 up to the number of tickets available (quantities being limited). Numbers are assigned in the order that the ticket is purchased, thus, the 100,000th ticket purchased will have the number 00100000. As of this writing, there have been eight Millionaire Raffles, each run as one-time special events.
The first Millionaire raffle was held on December 31, 2005. The ticket numbers went up to 00500000. Four numbers were selected on-air, with the holders of those tickets winning $1 million. A further five numbers were selected on-air, representing five $100,000 winners. Then 500 other numbers were selected off-air, winning those players $1,000 each. This resulted in a total payout of $5 million USD.
A second Millionaire Raffle was held on July 4, 2006. The field of tickets was expanded to include numbers to 00625000. An additional million-dollar winner (for a total of five) was added to the matrix, as were a further 250 that won $1,000 (for a total of 750), and therefore a total payout of $6.25 million USD.
A third Millionaire Raffle was held Saturday December 30, 2006 with sales on the raffle beginning November 21, 2006. The number of tickets and prizes were the same as the July 4 drawing.
A fourth Millionaire Raffle drawing was held on July 7, 2007. It had a total of 7,777 winners: 5 winners of $1 million, 5 winners of $100,000, 200 winners of $1,000, and 7,567 winners of $100.
The 5th edition of the Millionaire Raffle drawing was held on December 29, 2007 during the live 6:59 PM ET nighttime TV drawings show. The 5 $1 million top-prize Raffle ticket numbers and the five, $100,000 second-prize Raffle ticket numbers was televised during that broadcast. The remaining 7,790 numbers for the 5th edition game was drawn off ai
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