Public referendums:
ACT 104, which was approved in the 1990 session of the Louisiana legislature, amended the state constitution to create a state lottery.
More than 67% of Louisianians approved the measure in a statewide election on October 9, 1990.

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Lottery Reports More than $6.8 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $6.8 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During June
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 9, 2010) - Establishing a college fund for a child, investing in gold coins and purchasing new furniture are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games planned to spend the more than $6.8 million in  prizes won in June.............Subscribers

Lottery Sponsors New Orleans Saints Championship Tour
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 6, 2010) - The Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints are launching a "Championship Tour" featuring the Lombardi Trophy throughout the Gulf South region during the month of July......Subscribers

New Lottery System Means Changes for Players
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (June 4, 3010) - Big changes are coming for Louisiana Lottery players on June 27. For the first time in 10 years, we're getting a new gaming system. Check out these new features and what they mean for you...........Subscribers

Lottery Applauds Efforts to Support Gulf Coast Residents
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (June 17, 2010) - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation applauds efforts by the Our Home, Louisiana Coalition to serve residents affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill.  During the summer, the coalition will host a series of free "Coastal Care Fairs" designed to bring employment information.................Subscribers

Lottery Reports More than $7.7 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $6.6 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During April
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (June 9, 2010) - Helping a family member purchase a vehicle, repairing a fire-damaged home and attending a NASCAR race are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's scratch-off games planned to spend the more than................Subscribers

Lottery Converts to a New Gaming System with Improvements for Players and Retailers
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (June 8, 2010) -- Big changes are coming for Louisiana Lottery players and some 2,800 retailers on June 27, when the Louisiana Lottery converts its retailer terminal hardware, gaming system and back office software..........................Subscribers

Lottery Reports More than $7.6 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $6.6 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During April
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (May 10, 2010) - Treating friends to a nice dinner, buying a new lawn mower and taking a vacation are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games planned to spend the more than $7.6 million in prizes won in April. The Lottery also reported more than $6.6 million claimed on scratch-off game tickets last month...........Subscribers

New Orleans Hornets and Louisiana Lottery “Pay the Pick” Promotion
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (May 10, 2010) -- Reports New Orleans Hornets 2010 season tickets could be purchased for $1 per ticket per game based on the results from the 2010 NBA Draft Lottery................Subscribers

Lottery Fiscal Year Revenue Steady; State Transfers Exceed Budget
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 29, 2010) -- For the first nine months of its 2010 fiscal year, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation transferred $97.8 million to the state treasury, down 1.7 percent from 2009.........................Subscribers

St. Martinville Man Wins Final Saints Second-Chance Drawing
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 28, 2010) -- Merlin Comeaux wanted to be sure that he wasn’t falling for an April Fool’s joke after being told he won four sets of Saints 2010 season tickets to watch the Super Bowl champs play in the Dome................Subscribers

Lottery Receives Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 28, 2010) -- For the 12th consecutive year, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada.  The Lottery’s Basic, Supplemental, & Optional Savings Retirement Plans were also honored with an Excellence in Financial Reporting award for the second year in a row........................Subscribers

Lottery Reports Increase in Ticket Sales
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 22, 2010) -The Louisiana Lottery paid out more than $6.7 million in March from draw-style games, while players buying scratch-off tickets collected $7.5 million.............Subscribers

Louisiana’s $1,000,000 RAFFLE Tickets Sell Out, Drawing Tomorrow
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 14, 2010) -- As of 9:16 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, the Louisiana Lottery’s $1,000,000 RAFFLE game is sold out.  All 300,000 tickets that went on sale in February sold out just one day before the April 15 drawing.....................Subscribers

Lottery Suspends Multidraw Option for Draw-Style Games in Preparation for June System Conversion
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 9, 2010) - In order to prepare for conversion to a new gaming system, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation will temporarily suspend the multidraw purchase option on all of its draw-style games...................... Subscribers

Lottery Reminds Players No Drawings Easter Sunday
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 26, 2010) - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced that there will be no Pick 3 or Pick 4 drawings on April 4, Easter Sunday, in accordance with Lottery policy.......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery’s $1,000,000 RAFFLE Game Sales Hit 70% Mark
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 23, 2010) -- With just 17 days until the April 15 drawing, sales for the Louisiana Lottery’s $1,000,000 RAFFLE have hit the 70 percent mark......................Subscribers

Lottery Reports More than $6.4 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than - $7.5 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During February
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 10. 2010) -- Taking a granddaughter to Disney World, sprucing up a garden and purchasing a car for a son are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's scratch-off games planned to spend the more than $7.5 million in prizes they claimed in February. The Lottery also reported more than $6.4 million won on draw-style game tickets last month....................Subscribers

Lottery Observes National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 5, 2010) - The Louisiana Lottery's message to play responsibly appears regularly on its tickets, billboards, Web site and sales materials.  But during the week of March 7 - 13, the Lottery will devote even more attention to the issue as it observes National Problem Gambling Awareness Week.....................Subscribers

How The Louisiana Lottery’s HR Team Put Social Media To Work
Article: By Mary Ellen Slayter
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2010) -- Social media has the power to transform how business leaders communicate with their workers. SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter recently spoke with Robin Schooling, vice president of human resources at the Louisiana Lottery Corporation...................Subscribers

Championship Wager: Lottery President Bets on the Saints
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (February 2, 2010) - With less than a week until the big game on Sunday, Saints fans are making bets and Louisiana Lottery President Rose Hudson is no exception......................Subscribers

Saints Lottery Ticket Best-Ever $5 Game For Lottery Corporation
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (January 28, 2010) - It's no surprise that Saints fever has helped drive sales of team merchandise. That includes lottery tickets according to local news station.................Subscribers

Lottery's 2010 Fiscal Year Trending to be Another Winner for Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (January 27, 2010) - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation recorded a whopping $64.6 million in transfers to the state treasury for the first half of the 2010 fiscal year, its best start in 16 years......................Subscribers

$1 Million Raffle Back By Popular Demand
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (January 20, 2010) - The odds of winning $1 million have never been better for Louisiana Lottery players starting Monday, Feb. 8 at 5 a.m. That is when sales begin for the Lottery's latest $10 raffle game, $1,000,000 RAFFLE....................Subscribers

Lottery Announce New Home For Drawing Show in Acadiana Area
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 29, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced the new home for the Lottery's drawing show in the Acadiana area will be Cox4 (cable channel 4) beginning Monday, January 4, 2010. Cox4 reaches customers in all or part of Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion parishes...........................Subscribers

Lottery Announces No Drawings on Christmas Day
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 21, 2009) - The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced that there will be no Pick 3 or Pick 4 drawings on Friday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day.  Tickets purchased after the draw close on December 24 will be good for the next regularly scheduled drawing on Saturday, December 26. Tickets will reflect the appropriate draw date......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Partners With Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club for New Mardi Gras Scratch-off
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 15, 2009) - Lottery President Rose Hudson and Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club Assistant Recording Secretary Jay H. Banks hold an oversized replica of the new Mardi Gras scratch-off game bearing the club’s name and parade characters.................Subscribers

Lottery Reports More Than $6.2 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets and More Than $6.5 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets During November
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 14, 2009) -- Providing a nice Christmas for family members, taking care of a sick relative and buying a friend a steak dinner are just some of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's scratch-off games plan to spend the more than $6.5 million in prizes they claimed in November.......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Announce Third Winner of Saints Second-Chance Drawing and Final Drawing Deadline
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 9, 2009) -- Excitement overcame Debra Boxie when she found out that her entry in the third New Orleans Saints second-chance drawing from the Louisiana Lottery had been selected as the Ultimate Saints Fan Experience winner.....................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery President Receives Major Pay Raise; Brings Remuneration Comparable to Other Top Lottery Executives in Similar Situations
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (December 5, 2009) - Louisiana Lottery president Rose Hudson’s compensation package has increased by nearly 60 percent in the three years since she took the helm of the $300 million-plus enterprise...................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Pays out $13.6M in October
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (November 13, 2009) -The Louisiana Lottery paid out more than $7.6 million in October from draw-style games, while players buying scratch-off tickets collected $6 million...................Subscribers

Lottery Kicks off Fiscal Year with a Bang, $33 Million Transferred to State
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (October 27, 2009) - In the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation transferred more than $33.4 million to the state treasury, exceeding last year's first-quarter transfers by more than $3 million....................Subscribers

Louisiana Gambling Revenue Fairs Better Than Most States
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (September 23, 2009) - A nationwide study shows the recession has affected gambling revenue less in Louisiana than in most states, with casino revenue down 3.5 percent in fiscal 2009......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery to Launch New Orleans Saints Theme Scratch-Off Sept. 8th
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (September 1, 2009) - Collect all three exciting designs today!!! Less than a week before the New Orleans Saints' first regular season game, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation will launch a Saints game of its own - a $5 scratch-off emblazoned with the team's marks and logos. It hits retailers on Sept. 8.......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Reports More Than $7.6 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $5.7 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during July
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (August 10, 2009) - Donating to their church, purchasing back-to-school clothes, and saving for a vacation are just a few of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games plan to spend the more than $7.6 million won in July. The Louisiana Lottery also reported more than $5.7 million in winning tickets claimed from scratch-off games last month.....................Subscribers

NFL Member Teams Doing Very Well from Lottery Deals
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (July 27, 2009) -- The National Football League cleared the way in May to allow its member teams to strike deals with their respective state lotteries................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery's Second-Best Fiscal Year Gives Louisiana a Reason to Smile
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 27, 2009) -- Exceeding what the state expected by about $12.2 million, the Louisiana Lottery had no problem fulfilling its mission to maximize revenue for public education with cumulative fiscal year 2009 transfers to the state at their highest level since 1993................Subscribers

Saints and Louisiana Lottery Partner on New Lottery Opportunity
Lottery Partners With the New Orleans Saints to Offer Scratch-off With Fan Experiences as Second-Chance Prizes
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (July 16, 2009) -- The New Orleans Saints' 2009 season may be sold out with a waiting list of over 50,000 fans, but Louisiana Lottery players will still get a chance at tickets when a Saints-branded scratch-off game is launched in early September....................Subscribers

New Orleans Saints and Louisiana Lottery Working On Partnership
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (June 17, 2009) - Look for officials from the Saints and Louisiana Lottery, to announce a new partnership on a scratch-off ticket featuring the team's logo in the very near future....................Subscribers

Saints Pursue Partnership With State Lottery
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (June 3, 2009) – News reports Ben Hales, the Saints’ vice-president of marketing and business development, team officials are "scratching'' the surface on a new advertising partnership with the Louisiana Lottery Corporation..................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Reports More Than $8.3 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $6.5 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during April
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (May 14, 2009) - Landscaping projects, home decorating and charitable donations are just a few of the ways winners of the Louisiana Lottery's draw-style games plan to spend the more than $8.3 million won in April. The Louisiana Lottery also reported more than $6.5 million in winning tickets claimed from scratch-off games last month.......................Subscribers

New Home for Lottery Show in Shreveport
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 16, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced the new home for the Lottery's drawing show in the Shreveport area will be KTAL News Channel 6................Subscribers

Lottery Receives Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 13, 2009) -- President Rose Hudson announced that the Louisiana Lottery Corporation has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 11th consecutive year....................Subscribers

Lottery Reports More Than $6.3 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $7.4 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during March
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (April 13, 2009) -- Buying a house, paying off business loans and taking a nice vacation are just some of the things that March winners of Louisiana Lottery draw-style games said they would do with the more than $6.3 million won last month......................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Selects INTRALOT, Seventh Contract in the USA
ATHENS, Greece (April 1st, 2009) -- INTRALOT’s subsidiary, INTRALOT Inc., was selected by the Louisiana Lottery Corporation as the successful vendor for the provision of a new online and instant gaming system including associated gaming products and support services. The conversion to the new system will..............Subscribers

Lottery Achieves Industry Quality Assurance Best Practices Verifications
LOUISIANA, USA (March 30, 2009) --  The Louisiana Lottery Corporation (LLC) achieved verification for two distinct lottery industry Quality Assurance (QA) best practices under the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) Standards Initiative (NSI) Verification Program..................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery’s Fiscal Year Total Transfers to the State Treasury Up From Prior Fiscal Year Total
Over $11.9 Million in February Revenue Transferred to the State Treasury
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, USA (March 20, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced that over $11.9 million in February revenue has been transferred to the state treasury department, bringing its fiscal year total transfers to $87.7 million, an increase of..................Subscribers

Louisiana Lottery Reports More Than $8.3 Million in Winning Draw-Style Tickets & More Than $7.9 Million Claimed from Scratch-Off Tickets during February
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 17, 2009) -- Taking a family trip to Disney World, purchasing a brand new truck, and buying a big screen TV are just some of the things that February winners of the Louisiana Lottery scratch-off games said they would do with the more than $7.9 million claimed last month. During February, the Louisiana Lottery also reported more than $8.3 million in winning tickets for its draw-style games................Subscribers

Lottery Show Has New Home
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (March 2, 2009) -- The Louisiana Lottery Corporation announced the new home for the Lottery's drawing show in the New Orleans area will be....................Subscribers