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LOTTERY DONATES OVER $7,500 IN PROCEEDS FROM SCRATCH GAME TO 2009 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD WINTER GAME
February 10, 2009
Boise – During a live presentation at the Special Olympics Festival at the Centre on the Grove in Boise, Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson presented Bruce Schrepple, Chief Financial Officer of the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games with a donation check for $7,539.50. More than 5,300 Idahoans who purchased and donated a portion of their winnings from a one-of-a-kind Idaho Lottery Scratch ticket created specifically for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games helped to raise these funds.
“Today, the Idaho Lottery and the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games share a common theme. Today we are celebrating all of our players and participants,” said Anderson. “The athletes of these Games have shown great heart and courage to compete as have our players who made donations to support them and help make these Games a success in Idaho.”
The 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Scratch tickets went on sale in late August 2008. Designed in house by the Lottery’s graphic arts department, and with approval from the 2009 Special Olympic World Winter Games, this unique lottery ticket is the first in North America where players had an opportunity to donate a portion of their winnings to benefit a non-profit organization or event.
“On behalf of the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Organizing Committee, I am pleased to accept this check from the Idaho Lottery,” said Schrepple. “Hosting the world for an event of this magnitude would not be possible without the support and generosity of its host community. Thank you Idaho and all the Lottery players for your contribution to helping stage this remarkable event.”
As a state agency whose primary beneficiaries are Idaho public schools and buildings, the Idaho Lottery does not have the authority to provide financial support to non-profit entities such as the World Winter Games. Encouraging Lottery players to donate their ticket winnings proved the only reasonable means by which the Idaho Lottery could support this state sanctioned event. This particular Scratch game will be the first and only Idaho Lottery game of its kind to benefit any Idaho non-profit organization.
The 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Scratch game is still on sale at many Idaho Lottery retail locations and will remain so until the final top prize of $3,000 is claimed. In addition to the $7,539.50 donated today, any additional funds raised by the ticket will also be donated to Organizing Committee when the game ends.
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