Connecticut Lottery Corporation On-Track for Best Year Ever with Highest Two-Quarter Sales and General Fund Transfers in Lottery HistoryThe Connecticut Lottery
Corporation has closed the first-half of the 2019 fiscal year (July-December
2018) with sales up nearly six percent over the same period last year, with
nearly $665 million in total sales. This strong half-year resulted in total
Connecticut General Fund transfers of nearly $185 million, a $10 million
increase over the first-half of fiscal year 2018. These sales and general fund
transfers represent the best half-year result in the Lottery’s history.
The CT Lottery’s Keno sales also increased in the first-half
of FY19, up nearly 20% over FY18, and sales for the Lottery’s multistate draw
games were especially strong. Mega Millions and Powerball six-month sales
totals were $48 million and $40 million, respectively -- $20 million more than
last year, due in part to a $1.5 billion jackpot run in October.
“We’re happy to continue our nearly 50-year tradition of
solid contributions to the state of Connecticut with another strong period of
sales and transfers to the state’s General Fund,” said Greg Smith, President
and CEO, CT Lottery. “In the next half of the year, the CT Lottery plans to
implement additional innovations and upgrades that will bolster our first-half
successes. And we do this hand-in-hand with our nationally recognized
responsible gaming efforts.”
