“We’re always working hard to find innovative ways we can responsibly grow profits to benefit older Pennsylvanians.” “We are thrilled that the new and exciting games that were authorized by Act 42 of 2017 are proving to be a tremendous success,” Pennsylvania Lottery executive director Drew Svitko said. Sales through PA iLottery, online games played on a computer, tablet or mobile device, saw more than $381 million in play in its first full fiscal year. Pick 3 games’ revenues decreased slightly, from $270.4m to $269.2m, but the games became the largest source of draw revenue, after Powerball and Powerplay takings declined from $272.7m to $260.5mįast play games declined in revenue from $114.4m to $103.3m, while monitor games saw a 513% increase in revenues to $46.7m. The increase was driven by a 71.4% increase in MegaMillions and Megaplier revenue, helped by a $1.5bn jackpot in October 2018 after an October 2017 format change made jackpot wins less frequent. Scratch cards were the largest source of income for the state lottery, bringing in $2.99bn, up from $2.82bn last year.ĭraw games took in $1.36bn in revenue, up from $1.25bn last year. The Pennsylvania Lottery made a record revenue of $4.5 bn from game sales in the 2018-19 fiscal year, and generated a record profit of more than $1.14 bn for the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.