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New Hampshire Lottery |
Address: |
P.O. BOX 1208 CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
03302-1208 |
Internet: |
www.nhlottery.org |
Phone: |
(603) 271-3391 |
Fax: |
603) 271-1160 |
Population: |
1,324,575 U.S. Census Bureau, Population
Division. |
Lottery Director: |
Charles
McIntyre |
Year Lottery Founded: |
March 1964 |
Gross Sales FY 2016: |
$303,341,947 |
Sales Per Capita: |
$212 |
Number of Employees: |
54 |
Retailers: |
1,250 |
Online Vendor Contract:: |
Intralot July 1, 2010 June 30, 2016 |
Instant Ticket Vendor: |
Scientific
Games July 1, 2012 June 30, 2015 |
ITVMs |
Interlott |
Advertising: |
Griffin, York & Krause July 1, 2012 June 30,
2017 |
Games Offered: |
Pick 3, Pick 4, Weekly Grand, Powerball, Mega Millions,
Tri State Mega Bucks, Hot Lotto, Instant Games, Tri State Paycheck. |
Proceeds: |
Education K-12 |
It took six tries over 10 years, but New Hampshire
Representative Larry Pickett finally gained enough support for his Sweepstakes
bill in 1963 for the measure to pass, and it was signed into law on April 30,
1963. The historic event created the first modern lottery in the United States.
Pickett was convinced that the Sweepstakes was a viable and voluntary method of
raising revenue for education, and given what we know now, he was right.
With a strong desire to instill public confidence in the new venture, the
fledgling Sweepstakes Commission hired FBI agent Edward J. Powers as the first
director. The very first lottery ticket was sold to Governor John King at
Rockingham Park racetrack on March 12, 1964. The $3 ticket was tied to horse
racing results, as all the lotterys games would be until the early 1970s,
because it was modeled after the long-running Irish Sweepstakes. The
Lotterys second product was introduced in 1971, a 50 cent passive game,
and three years later a $1 game was added. The first instant game, Lucky X,
went on sale on January 29, 1975. It wasnt until 1977 that the Lottery
added a numbers game, with the debut of the Daily Numbers 3-digit game in March
of that year. New Hampshire was part of the very first multistate lottery
group in the United States, forming the Tri-State Lotto Compact with Maine and
Vermont in April 1985. The groups first draw game was Tri-State
Megabucks, a 6/30 lotto game which launched in September 1985. Today, the
New Hampshire Lottery offers the draw games Powerball, Mega Millions, Tri-State
Megabucks Plus, Hot Lotto Sizzler, Pick 3, Pick 4 and the New England regional
game Lucky for Life. Despite the naysayers back in 1963, the New Hampshire
Lottery has accomplished the educational funding goals of Rep. Pickett. Every
day, the Lottery satisfies its mission of providing maximize revenues for aid
to public education by providing secure and entertaining gaming products to its
players.
News
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January 4, 2021 |
New Hampshire Lottery Goes
Live with IWGs Progressive Jackpot-enabled e-Instant
Games |
July 23, 2020 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Launches IWG Digital e-Instant Games |
December 11, 2019 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Partners With Neopollard to Spread Holiday Cheer |
August 5, 2019 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Developing RFP, Will Begin Search for Sports Betting Vendors Next
Week |
July 12, 2019 |
New Hampshire Legalizes
Sports Betting with the state Lottery Commission to Regulate the New
Industry |
July 9, 2019 |
N.H. Lottery Asks Concord
Councillors to Give Keno Another Shot on Novembers Ballot |
April 11, 2019 |
Judge Gives U.S. Justice
Department Two Weeks to Clarify Its Stance in NH Lottery Case |
March 26, 2019 |
Lottery Director Warns
State Could Lose Millions Pending Outcome of Federal Lawsuit |
March 19, 2019 |
N.H. House Votes for
Lottery Commission to Oversee Locations with Legal Sports
Betting |
March 15, 2019 |
Senate Votes Unanimously
to Extract KENO from Kenogarten |
March 13, 2018 |
Voters Approve KENO in
Several More New Hampshire Towns |
March 9, 2019 |
Keno 603 Growing Steadily
Since Its 2017 Launch |
February 23, 2019 |
Lottery Says 29 Towns
to Vote on Keno Starting in March |
February 11, 2019 |
Keno Revenue Falling
Short of Projections |
February 8, 2019 |
New DOJ Opinion Could
Significantly Impact Sates Lottery Profits |
January 24, 2019 |
A Year On -- Keno 603 is
Producing Additional Revenue for the State |
January 21, 2019 |
House Bill Would Cut the
Commission on Keno Sales |
News
Archives for CY2018 |
October 5, 2018 |
"Keno-Garten Law"( SB
191) Revenue Falls Short |
September 19. 2018 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Launches New Era of Online Gambling, Making NH Sixth State To Do
So |
September 18, 2018 |
Neopollard Interactive
Congratulates the New Hampshire Lottery on iLottery Launch |
August 2, 2018 |
NH Lottery Sets All-time
Sales Record in FY 2018 With Sales Reaching $331.8 Million; Tops All of New
England in Sales Growth |
March 25, 2018 |
Keno Moving Ahead in New
Hampshire; Applications Flowing Into State Lottery Commission |
March 21, 2018 |
NH Lottery Says 55 Towns
Supported Keno at Town Meeting Day |
March 19, 2018 |
New Hampshire Lottery Will
Not Appeal Powerball Ruling |
March 15, 2018 |
Keno Passes in 37 New
Hampshire Towns |
March 13, 2018 |
NH Judge Rules $560M
Powerball Winner Can Remain Anonymous |
March 7, 2018 |
Mystery New Hampshire
Lottery Winner Gets Her Prize, Keeps Her Privacy |
March 6, 2018 |
KENO Sales Coming in Higher
Than Expected, Expansion to More Communities Likely |
February 22, 2018 |
KENO Sales Come in
Stronger than Expected |
February 12. 2018 |
NH Lottery Commission
Wants Powerball Winner's Lawsuit Dismissed, Citing Right-to-Know
Law |
January 31, 2018 |
New Hampshire Lotto
Winner Sues for Anonymity |
January 11. 2018 |
New Hampshire Keno
Wagering Running 15 Percent More Per Location Than Predicted in First
Weeks |
News
2017 |
November 16, 2017 |
Keno Expected to Be
Available Before Christmas |
November 8, 2017 |
Seven New Hampshire
Communities Approve Keno 603 |
October 5, 2017 |
Keno Lottery Game to Be
Used to Raise Money for Education |
September 20, 2017 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Director Has the Job of Selling Keno to the Doubters |
August 28, 2017 |
Robert Kraft and New
Hampshire Lottery Launch 2017 New England Patriots Scratch Ticket
Game |
August 27, 2017 |
New Hampshire Lottery to
Unveil Patriots Inspired Game |
August 23, 2017 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Commissioner Makes His Pitch to Local City Officials for Keno |
August 12, 2017 |
New Hampshire Lottery
Director Has Big Plans for KENO |
June 27, 2017 |
New Hampshires
First-in-the-Nation Lottery Continues to Grow Revenue |
June 26, 2017 |
Keno Will Soon Be Legal In
New Hampshire |

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