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Iowa Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year

The Iowa lottery sold $458M in tickets in fiscal year 2024, up 2% from the year before. It transferred $108M to the state, 24% of sales, and paid 68% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the 33rd largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.

Sales peaked in FY2024 at $458M. Figures are state fiscal years from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Finances, FY2012 to FY2024.

SalesTransfers to the state
$200M$400M$600MFY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024$458M$108M

FY2012–FY2024 · Source: U.S. Census Bureau · Iowa lottery

Iowa lottery: sales and transfers to the state

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Iowa lottery, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTicket salesPrizesAdministrationTransfers to the statePrizes as share of sales
FY2024$458M$313M$37.7M$108M68.3%
FY2023$450M$305M$36.0M$109M67.8%
FY2022$404M$274M$31.2M$99.0M67.8%
FY2021$423M$289M$32.2M$102M68.3%
FY2020$348M$236M$30.7M$80.6M68.0%
FY2019$365M$242M$31.4M$92.1M66.2%
FY2018$347M$227M$33.5M$85.7M65.6%
FY2017$329M$216M$32.6M$81.1M65.5%
FY2016$367M$222M$56.6M$88.5M60.4%
FY2015$325M$197M$51.5M$76.4M60.6%
FY2014$314M$187M$50.1M$77.1M59.5%
FY2013$339M$201M$52.6M$85.9M59.2%
FY2012$311M$182M$48.9M$79.5M58.7%

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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