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California Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year
The California lottery sold $9.28B in tickets in fiscal year 2024, about the same as the year before. It transferred $2.81B to the state, 30% of sales, and paid 65% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.
Sales peaked in FY2024 at $9.28B. Figures are state fiscal years from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Finances, FY2012 to FY2024.
FY2012–FY2024 · Source: U.S. Census Bureau · California lottery
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Data
| Fiscal year | Ticket sales | Prizes | Administration | Transfers to the state | Prizes as share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $9.28B | $6.03B | $438M | $2.81B | 65.0% |
| FY2023 | $9.24B | $5.96B | $400M | $2.88B | 64.5% |
| FY2022 | $8.85B | $5.83B | $382M | $2.65B | 65.8% |
| FY2021 | $8.42B | $5.61B | $347M | $2.46B | 66.7% |
| FY2020 | $6.62B | $4.40B | $314M | $1.90B | 66.5% |
| FY2019 | $7.39B | $4.72B | $376M | $2.30B | 63.8% |
| FY2018 | $6.97B | $4.48B | $371M | $2.12B | 64.3% |
| FY2017 | $6.23B | $3.96B | $359M | $1.91B | 63.6% |
| FY2016 | $6.28B | $3.96B | $341M | $1.98B | 63.0% |
| FY2015 | $5.52B | $3.50B | $271M | $1.75B | 63.4% |
| FY2014 | $5.03B | $3.08B | $286M | $1.67B | 61.2% |
| FY2013 | $4.45B | $2.65B | $224M | $1.57B | 59.7% |
| FY2012 | $4.08B | $2.56B | $209M | $1.31B | 62.8% |
Notes
Transfers to the state are lottery proceeds the Census Bureau counts as income to the state; some states route part of them to dedicated funds.
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