Kentucky Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year
The Kentucky lottery sold $2.01B in tickets in fiscal year 2024, up 14% from the year before. It transferred $404M to the state, 20% of sales, and paid 75% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the 16th largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.
Sales peaked in FY2024 at $2.01B. 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 · Kentucky lottery
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Data
| Fiscal year | Ticket sales | Prizes | Administration | Transfers to the state | Prizes as share of sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $2.01B | $1.52B | $90.1M | $404M | 75.4% |
| FY2023 | $1.76B | $1.29B | $81.1M | $383M | 73.6% |
| FY2022 | $1.59B | $1.15B | $77.1M | $360M | 72.5% |
| FY2021 | $1.50B | $1.07B | $72.2M | $356M | 71.4% |
| FY2020 | $1.13B | $801M | $58.2M | $273M | 70.8% |
| FY2019 | $1.06B | $725M | $52.4M | $285M | 68.2% |
| FY2018 | $974M | $657M | $48.4M | $268M | 67.5% |
| FY2017 | $925M | $629M | $46.6M | $250M | 68.0% |
| FY2016 | $921M | $621M | $45.9M | $255M | 67.4% |
| FY2015 | $831M | $556M | $41.4M | $233M | 66.9% |
| FY2014 | $790M | $524M | $38.9M | $228M | 66.3% |
| FY2013 | $759M | $495M | $37.8M | $226M | 65.2% |
| FY2012 | $717M | $459M | $39.1M | $219M | 64.0% |
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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