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LOTTERY KICKS OFF 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WITH COMMEMORATIVE TICKET
February 23, 2009
Boise – The Idaho Lottery is marking 20 years of success this morning with the debut of their special edition, commemorative 20th Anniversary Have a 200 Grand Time ticket, a new Scratch game that features a top prize of $200,000. Today’s announcement starts a five month long campaign to celebrate the Idaho Lottery’s twentieth year of operations.
“The success of the Lottery over the past two decades has been truly remarkable,” stated Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director. “To be approaching one-half of a billion dollars in returned dividends to the public schools and permanent buildings of Idaho in just twenty years has certainly exceeded the expectations of those who created the Lottery back in 1989.”
The Idaho Lottery sold their first $1 Scratch ticket, Idaho Match 3, to Idaho billionaire J.R. Simplot during a ceremony on the steps of the Idaho State Capitol on July 19, 1989. Since that time, the Idaho Lottery has generated nearly $1.8 billion in revenue through an extensive network of 900 retail locations statewide.
Over the twenty years since, the Idaho Lottery has awarded more than $1 billion in player prizes, paid over $100 million in retailer commissions, and returned over $402.3 million in dividends to the Idaho Public School Building account and the Idaho State Permanent Building Fund.
“For the campaign, our 20th Anniversary game is all about the 20’s” described Anderson. “In addition to the two top prizes worth $200,000 each, this game features a lot of $20 and $200 prizes, plus twenty, $2,000 prizes. It’s really a thank you to our players, our retail partners, and our beneficiaries.”
For a limited print run of only 300,000 tickets, the new $20, 20th Anniversary Have a 200 Grand Time Scratch game goes on sale today and carries two top prizes of $200,000. The game, printed on shiny, holographic paper, has over $4.6 million in prizes.
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