Monday, April 13, 2009
Kentucky Lottery Celebrates Anniversary
This month marks the 20th. anniversary of the Kentucky Lottery, which officials say has returned almost $3 billion to the state, most of it going to college scholarships. It has surpassed $11.3 billion in sales since then- Governor Wallace Wilkinson purchased the first ticket in April 1989. Lottery officials say sales set a record $778 million in fiscal year 2007-2008, and they expect sales to reach a new high of at least $808 million this fiscal year.
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