About the Lottery

($5.3 billion or 56.5% of revenue) At least 50% of complete revenue must be committed to adoration winnings.

This mode goes to Wisconsin businesses.

Expenses combine staff salaries. The Lottery has operated flourishing below the mandated edge of 10%.

This income has been returned to eligible Wisconsin taxpayers.

Over the years, the Wisconsin Lottery has generated expanded than $9.3 billion in complete revenue. At least 95% of that revenue has absent back to the heads of Wisconsin. That chips stays in Wisconsin's economy for the useful of each.

Sep 14, 1988 Inaugural Wisconsin Lottery games energy on sale. Immediate Pastime "Match 3" and Pull-tab "Wisconsin Chestnut" launched. Feb 25, 1989 Boodle Amusement TV exposition front broadcast.   Aug 10, 1989 Ahead lotto entertainment open, Megabucks Lotto *America, a multi-state entertainment. Feb 4, 1991 SuperCash! is introduced. Apr 19, 1992 Powerball® is introduced, a brand-new multi-state entertainment. Replaces Megabucks Lotto *America amusement.   June 18, 1992 Wisconsin's As well Own Megabucks amusement is launched. Sep 21, 1992 The Lottery launches Diurnal Pick 3. July 7, 1993 Fond du Lac academy teacher Les Robins wins the largest Powerball® jackpot to generation: $111 million.   Robins goes to court to possess the cherish legally divided with his then-fiancee Colleen DeVries. The score helps cement the term of Fond du Lac's "Miracle Mile." Sep 18, 1993 Chips Merriment 4 recent lotto entertainment launched. Feb 14, 1994 The Inaugural Wisconsin Lottery sport with a value objective above $1 is introduced. "Immediate Scratch Bingo" sells for $5. Aug 3, 1996 Check Pastime 4 lotto amusement ended. Sept 16, 1996 Introduction of Diurnal Millions lotto pastime (no top adoration winners). Apr 14, 1997 Introduction of "Vegas Nights" immediate Scratch amusement which is our longest close immediate merriment. Sept 15, 1997 Diurnal Pick 4 is introduced. Hike 29, 1998 Diurnal Millions lotto diversion ends. Pace 30, 1998 Cash 4 Being sport introduced. Conquest $1,000 a week for entity. May 20, 1998 Wisconsin is thrust into the public and international highlight for selling the winning ticket in a $195 Million Powerball® sketch. Administer and Shirley Capaci of Streamwood, Illinois get the ticket from a diminutive store in Pell Lake. The Capaci's holding the cash alternative of 104.3 million. May 3, 1999 Crossword, Wisconsin's top selling immediate scratch ticket is launched. Sep 7, 2000 Foot of Cash 4 brio merriment. There were a complete of four winners during the continuance of the merriment. Sept 8, 2000 Bill Roll, a modern lotto amusement is launched. Walk 1, 2001 "Capacity Play" multiplier characteristic is added to Powerball®. Parade 25, 2002 Borderline of Bucks Roll. There were a complete of four winners of $500,000 for the growth of the pastime. Tread 26, 2002 Distinct lotto amusement Megalopolis Picks is launched. July 19, 2002 Super Wealth Entertainment Indicate is introduced. Oct 6, 2002 Powerball® changes ashen balls to 53 (from 49) and deletes the 1X multiplier. Annuity possibility changed to 30 payments prepared over 29 years. A just out Powerball® Bonus affection is again added. When the jackpot reaches a "just out" information proportions, the jackpot testament be district to development no extra than $25 million for everyone portrayal. For instance the contemporary copy jackpot is $365 million, add one $25 million, so the bonus passion trigger bigness is $390 million. The almighty dollar collected in excess of the estimated jackpot proportions testament be placed in the bonus enjoy pool and testament accumulate until there is a jackpot winner. It is then divided equally among all Match 5 winning plays, whether there are none then the bonus adore pool testament roll down to the match 4+1 affection common. Feb 15, 2003 Heel of Conurbation Picks sport. There were a complete of sixteen winners of $500,000 for the continuance of the sport. Feb 17, 2003 Badger 5 recent lotto amusement is launched. Aug 30, 2004 The Lottery goes from using balls for the drawings to using a Haphazard Cipher Generator (RNG). Aug 26, 2005 Head Wisconsin lottery's scratch-off with a expenditure aim of $20 is introduced. Aug 28, 2005 The Powerball® matrix is changed from (5/53 + 1/42) to (5/55 + 1/42). The Bent Play shove is changed from 15 to 16 slots with the 2-5 multipliers occupying 4 slots everyone. Oct 4, 2005 The Lottery adds bedding for Wisconsin Amber Alerts on retailer amusement terminals. Oct 23, 2005 SuperCash! adds a doubler attribute to every represantation, top adore is moved from $250,000 to $350,000. Feb 5, 2007 Depart of the aboriginal combo ticket "Cash Bonus Banal Play" a combination of scratch and pull-tab. Parade 4, 2007 The fresh entertainment "Million Dollar Haul" is launched with a compose generation of May 1, 2007. The lotto entertainment is amble commensurate a sweepstake with a top love of $1 million. 345,635 tickets gone of 500,000 are sold. Else raffles would succeed. 2008 Wisconsin Lottery celebrates its 20th Anniversary with lots of especial events, enormous prizes and larger payouts.