The D.C. Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board's mission is to provide District of Columbia residents with financial benefits through the sale of lottery products and regulation of charitable organizations pursuant to gaming regulations. Ticket sales began on August 25, 1982, with 700 agents selling 10 million "Match 3" instant tickets. Within days of opening, ticket sales exceeded projections and another 10 million "Match 3" tickets were ordered. By October 13, 18.7 million "Match 3" instant tickets had been sold.
Within 35 days from the start of the D.C. Lottery, until the end of the fiscal year on September 30, total sales were an impressive $15,811,370. The agency's first transfer to the D.C. government's General Fund for FY '82 was $4,240,000. And, in 1983, the D.C. Lottery added on-line games to its product line.
Regulated charitable gaming also came to Washington, D.C. in 1982 with raffles and Bingo. By 1988, the D.C. Lottery had instituted the exciting concept of Monte Carlo Night Parties. These events allow non-profit organizations to offer blackjack, roulette, and other casino style games

Mayor Submits Lottery Contract for Third Time
WASHINGTON, DC (September 26, 2008) -- Last week, for the third time, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty submitted the city lottery contract to the D.C. Council for approval. They have so far refused to take a vote on the matter................Subscribers

City Hits Lottery Firm with $1.4 Million Fine
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 18, 2008) – According to local media reports the District government has assessed a $1.4 million fine to the company that runs the D.C. Lottery for security breaches................Subscribers

Lottery Contractor Faces $350,000 in Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 27, 2008) – Lottery Technology Enterprises (LTE) was ordered Thursday by a D.C. contracting officer to pay $351,482 in liquidated damages for performance breakdowns in 2007 and 2008...............Subscribers

Nationals’ Fans Find New Reasons to 'Scratch'
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 26, 2008) -- The D.C. Lottery’s fictional baseball team, "The D.C. Scratchers," came to life last night at Nationals Park. The team has had the starring role in a station domination ad campaign at the...............Subscribers

D.C. Lottery Contract - Update
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2008) -- Mayor Adrian Fenty is reportedly withdrawing a controversial proposal to award a $120 million lottery contract to a start-up firm in a maneuver designed to prevent the agreement from dying in the D.C. Council................Subscribers

City Wants Judge to Seal D.C. Lottery Bid
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2008) -- The office of the D.C. attorney general asked an administrative judge yesterday to seal records in the fight over the contract to run the D.C. Lottery..................Subscribers

Another Firm Shows Interest in District’s Lottery Contract
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 15, 2008) – The D.C. Lottery has certainly been in the news of late. And, it was reported today that another company has already started lobbying city officials for....................Subscribers

D.C. Council Rejects New Lottery Contract
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2008) -- The D.C. Council blocked a move by city officials to hire a new contractor to run the District's lucrative lottery system...................Subscribers

D.C. Council Does an About Face, Puts Lottery Contract on Council Agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 13, 2008) -- In a surprising reversal, D.C. Council Chair Vincent Gray has agreed to put a contentious lottery contract on today’s voting agenda..................Subscribers

Lottery Contract Proposal Is Not on Council Agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 10, 2008) -- W2Tech, the local start-up firm trying to get a contract to run the D.C. Lottery complained on Friday that politics are trumping fair competition and jeopardizing its proposed contract...................Subscribers

D.C. Finds Attempt to Access Lottery System
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 8, 2008) – Incident reports generated by the D.C. lottery board reveal that the firm that runs the lottery system, Lottery Technology Enterprises (LTE), told the city that someone made several attempts to log on to a lottery machine that was already in use..................Subscribers

Lottery Operator Defends Performance
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 6, 2008) -- Documents released to it by the office of Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi show that since August there have been 58 performance issues concerning the firm that runs the D.C. Lottery..............Subscribers

Computer Glitch Knocks Out Lottery System
WASHINGTON (May 7, 2008) – A computer glitch knocked out 17 DC Lottery terminals last week...............Subscribers

Lottery Contract Proposal Wasn't Withdrawn, Officials Say
WASHINGTON, USA (May 3, 2008) – According to a report D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has not withdrawn a proposal to award a D.C. lottery contract worth more than $120 million to a new firm............Subscribers

Committee Hearing Scheduled on D.C. Lottery Contract
WASHINGTON, DC (April 7, 2008) - Some members of the D.C. Council are questioning a proposal that would put the District's lottery games under new management.............Subscribers

D.C. Lottery Paid Out Big in 2007
WASHINGTON, USA (February 28, 2008) -- The D.C. Lottery’s overall prize payout in the year ended Sept. 30 was $145.3 million, or a record 56.7 percent of overall sales............Subscribers

Lottery Thefts Tied to Lax Security Processes
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 21, 2007) --As reported today that an investigation conducted by Battelle Memorial Institute in August 2006 found that the "radio communications being used by the D.C. Lottery system had a previously-undiscovered vulnerability..............Subscribers

D.C. Lottery Celebrates 25th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 26, 2007) -- The D.C. Lottery is celebrating its 25th anniversary.............Subscribers

DC Lottery Offers New Raffle, Better Odds
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (July 2, 2007) -- DC lottery officials are hoping their latest offering, a $1 million raffle, will pay off for players and the lottery...........Subscribers

D.C. Lottery Celebrates 25 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (May 17, 2007) -- The D.C. Lottery kicked off its 25th anniversary celebration on Thursday with local music legend Chuck Brown and a "money machine" that gave some people a chance to grab money blowing around them.........Subscribers

Lottery Board Drops Some Games, Adds Others
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 12, 2005) -- According to the D.C. Lottery Board two of the D.C. lottery games will be replaced by new ones..............Subscribers

Collect a Part of History with the D.C. Lottery's Negro Leagues Instant Scratch Ticket
WASHINGTON, DC (February 23, 2005) -- Capture a part of history with the D.C. Lottery's Negro Leagues instant scratch ticket. This collectable ticket commemorates African American Baseball in America and features four teams..........................Read the full story at: Vol.30 No.9

D.C. Lottery Presents Buck O’Neil, Negro American Baseball League All-Star, for Opening of Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Exhibit
WASHINGTON, DC, USA (February 10, 2005) -- John Jordan "Buck" O’Neil, Negro American League All-Star, will officially open "Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of the Negro Baseball Leagues" a touring exhibit from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, MO, on Feb. 23 at 10 a.m., in Union Station’s West Hall, 40 Massachusetts Ave., NE. The exhibit is sponsored by the D.C. Lottery’s new Negro League Instant Scratch ticket in honor of Black History Month............................Subscribers