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World-Wide Lottery Guide is brought to you with the compliments
of
South Dakota Lottery |
Address: |
711 EAST WELLS AVENUE PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA
57501 |
Internet: |
www.sdlottery.org |
E-mail Address: |
lottery@state.sd.us |
Phone: |
(605) 773-5770 |
Fax: |
(605) 773-5786 |
Population: |
812,383 U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
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Lottery Director: |
Norman
Lingle |
Year Lottery Founded: |
1987 |
Sales FY 2015: Sales FY 2016: |
$250,309,863 $262,894,969 |
Sales Per Capita: |
$911 |
Number of Employees: |
33 |
Retailers: |
603 |
On-line Vendor: |
Gtech January
30, 2009 August 2, 2014 |
Instant Ticket Vendor: |
Sci
Games September 28, 2010 September 28, 2013 |
Advertising: |
Robert Sharp & Associates July 1, 2008 July 1,
2010 |
VLT(s) |
Sci Games |
Games Offered: |
Instant, Powerball,
Dakota Cash , Wild Card, Hot Lotto and VLTs.
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Beneficiaries: |
Property Tax Reduction Fund, Capital Construction and
General Fund |
Jurisdiction: |
South Dakota -- USA |
FY2014 Annual Report PDF (2.67 MB) FY2013 Annual Report PDF (10.22 MB) FY2015 Annual Report PDF (1.35 MB)
In November 1986, 60 percent of the
electorate in a statewide referendum approved a constitutional amendment
allowing a state lottery. The following April, a lottery bill authorizing
instant tickets was signed into law, and the South Dakota Lottery began ticket
sales on September 30, 1987, with a Match 3 scratch ticket. By the third week,
sales reached $2.5 million, and within three months, the Lottery repaid its
$1.5 million startup loan to the state. For the next two years, the idea of
video lottery was studied intensely. One measure fell just short in 1988, but
video lottery legislation was finally passed in March 1989, creating the
countrys first lottery-operated VLT network. The games began operating in
October that year. They were briefly shut down in 1994 when ruled
unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court, but reinstated when voters
approved an amendment authorizing them in November. Over the years, efforts to
repeal video lottery were rejected by voters every time. The South Dakota
Lotterys third product took another act of legislation, as a bill
allowing lotto games was signed into law in February 1990. The multistate
Lotto*America was the first lotto game offered. Dakota Cash was the
Lotterys first in-state game when it debuted in April 1993. Tri-West
Lotto, one of the industrys first regional games, was added in February
1994; also participating were Idaho and Montana. The Lotterys current
draw games include Powerball, Mega Millions, Dakota Cash, Wild Card 2 and Hot
Lotto Sizzler. Since 1997, Lottery proceeds have been transferred to three
main beneficiaries, the states General Fund, the Capital Construction
Fund and the Property Tax Reduction Fund, as follows:
- The General Fund receives all scratch ticket
revenue and the first $1.4 million in revenue from the sale of lotto games.
Each year, nearly half of the entire General Fund is used to support local K-12
schools and state universities and technical institutes.
- The Capital Construction Fund receives revenue from
lotto games in excess of $1.4 million annually. Local communities use these
funds to pay for rural water systems, community drinking water and wastewater
improvement projects, and recycling and waste disposal programs.
- The Property Tax Reduction Fund receives net
revenue from video lottery terminals. This fund reduces local property taxes on
owneroccupied and agricultural land by 30 percent.
Prior to 1997, the General Fund
received VLT revenues and all lotto revenues, the latter dedicated for
corrections facility construction
News
Archice for CY2016 |
November 21, 2016 |
Dave Mickelson to Join
the South Dakota Lottery Commission |
September 16, 2016 |
Lottery Commission
Approves Video Lottery Security Study |
August 5, 2016 |
South Dakota Lottery
Report Instant-Win Tickets Lagging while Lotto Sales Up |
July 19, 2016 |
Governor Names Four New
Members to Gaming and Lottery Commissions |
June 6, 2016 |
Lottery Officials Now
Accept Video Lottery in Special Vented Smoke Room |
June 4, 2016 |
Lottery Board Approves
New Hybrid Instant-Winner Ticket |
May 12, 2016 |
Lottery Officials Hope
EZ Match is a Winner |
April 12, 2016 |
South Dakota Lottery
Puts Focus On Security |
February 16, 2016 |
State Lottery Launch New
Brand Image, Logo |
January 5, 2016 |
New Marketing Contractor
to Present Lottery Commission with Proposal for a Re-Branding
Campaign |
January 5, 2016 |
Lottery Commissioner Jim
Towler Steps Down |

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