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Pennsylvania Lottery Sales and Revenue by Year

The Pennsylvania lottery sold $4.44B in tickets in fiscal year 2024, down 4% from the year before. It transferred $1.13B to the state, 25% of sales, and paid 72% of sales back as prizes. Its sales were the 9th largest of the 45 state lotteries that year.

Sales peaked in FY2021 at $4.88B. Figures are state fiscal years from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Finances, FY2012 to FY2024.

SalesTransfers to the state
$2.0B$4.0B$6.0BFY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024$4.4B$1.1B

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

Pennsylvania lottery: sales and transfers to the state

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Pennsylvania lottery, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTicket salesPrizesAdministrationTransfers to the statePrizes as share of sales
FY2024$4.44B$3.22B$93.2M$1.13B72.5%
FY2023$4.61B$3.32B$93.0M$1.20B72.0%
FY2022$4.63B$3.37B$86.8M$1.17B72.8%
FY2021$4.88B$3.54B$86.7M$1.25B72.6%
FY2020$4.14B$2.93B$107M$1.11B70.7%
FY2019$4.17B$2.93B$94.4M$1.15B70.2%
FY2018$3.90B$2.73B$85.6M$1.08B70.1%
FY2017$3.72B$2.59B$81.8M$1.05B69.6%
FY2016$3.87B$2.64B$78.2M$1.15B68.3%
FY2015$3.55B$2.41B$40.0M$1.09B68.0%
FY2014$3.53B$2.38B$67.7M$1.09B67.3%
FY2013$3.44B$2.30B$72.3M$1.07B66.8%
FY2012$3.24B$2.12B$69.1M$1.05B65.4%

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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