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On November 6, 1984, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved the Missouri Lottery by passing Amendment 5, which repealed a section of the state's constitution prohibiting a lottery.
The measure passed with 70 percent of the vote, making the Missouri Lottery the 23rd in the United States.

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5 Proves Lucky In Pick 4
ST LOUIS, Missouri (July 6, 2010) - One lucky player picked the same numbers, 5-5-5-5, for the Missouri Lottery's Midday Pick 4 drawing. And he picked those numbers on five different tickets..........Subscribers

New Missouri Gaming Commission Head Appointed
ST LOUIS, Missouri (July 1, 2010) - Roger Stottlemyre took over Thursday as executive director of the Missouri Gaming Commission................Subscribers

Lottery Millionaires Host Carnival at Special Learning Center
JEFFERSON, Missouri (June 30, 2010) Where can you find a group of adults worth more than half a billion dollars, approximately 30 young children, carnival games, balloon-making clowns, music and ponies?  At the Special Learning Center in Jefferson City!............Subscribers

Scholarship Competition Sponsored by the Missouri Gaming Association
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (June 21, 2010) - Seven Missouri high school seniors have been awarded college scholarships through the 14th annual Project 21 Scholarship competition sponsored by the Missouri Gaming Association, the statewide professional association of the Missouri casino industry...............Subscribers

Reason to 'High Five:' Quadruple Numbers Drawn in Pick 4
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (June 28, 2010) - For just the second time in Missouri Lottery history, a set of quadruple numbers was drawn during a Pick 4 drawing.......Subscribers

In Tough Economy, Loyal Players Bet More on Lottery Products
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (June 21, 2010) - Missouri Lottery officials say a tough economy may be spurring it's loyal customers to put more on the line.............Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Exceeds Goal, Generates $255 Million For Education
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (June 18, 2010) -- The Missouri Lottery’s final proceeds transfer today brings the total funds collected for Missouri’s public education during fiscal year 2010 to more than $255 million.........Subscribers

Pevely Player is 300th Missouri Lottery-Made Millionaire
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (June 14, 2010) -- A resident of Pevely became an instant millionaire after uncovering the top prize on a Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket he purchased in downtown St. Louis..............Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Nights at the Ballpark
Lottery Commissioner Throws First Pitch
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (May 27, 2010) - After a rain-delayed start, Missouri Lottery Commissioner Stephen Snead of Turners threw out the first pitch at the Springfield Cardinals baseball game.........Subscribers

Lottery Generates $22.6 Million For Public Education
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (May 21, 2010) - The Missouri Lottery transferred $22.6 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs during the past month..............Subscribers

Missouri Lottery To Get Significant Increase In Advertising Budget
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (April 24, 2010) – As reports Missouri is gearing up to advertise its lottery games more aggressively on radio and television, through social media and at community events.......................Subscribers

Gaming Commission Chief Quits His Post
St. Louis, Missouri (April 22, 2010) – As reported today that the top man at the Missouri Gaming Commission has resigned, just as the state agency is about to launch into the process of awarding a new casino license...............Subscribers

$24.5 Million in Lottery Proceeds Sent to Education Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (April 19, 2010) - The Missouri Lottery transferred $24.5 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs during the past month.....................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Drawing Show
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (April 18, 2010) -- In most parts of the state, the nightly Missouri Lottery drawing is still broadcast on TV.  You can tune into KTVI, FOX 2, in St. Louis, KQFX, FOX 22, in Columbia or WDAF, FOX 4, in Kansas City to see the drawings...................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Honoured for Accounting Excellence
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (April 15, 2010) - For the 10th consecutive year, the Missouri Lottery’s accounting section has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR)...................Subscribers

Senate Panel Agrees To Increase Lottery’s Advertising Budget
JEFFERSON, Missouri (April 07, 2010) - The Senate Appropriations Committee members agreed to increase advertising funding for the Missouri Lottery, despite making heavy cuts to other funding areas.................Subscribers

Lottery Transfers $20.9 Million To Public Education Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (March 19, 2010) - The Missouri Lottery sent $20.9 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs during the past month.................Subscribers

Jefferson City Group Forges Ahead, Named Lottery Team of the Month
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (March 1, 2010) -- The Missouri Lottery sends congratulations to “Senate Bytes,” a group of Powerball playing co-workers from the Missouri Senate Computer Information Systems department in Jefferson City......................Subscribers

Gadget Giveaway Promotion Starts Monday
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (February 28, 2010) - The Missouri Lottery’s “Gadget Giveaway” promotion begins Monday and will allow Pick 3 and Pick 4 players chances to win various kinds of gadgets during the month. The giveaway includes more than 900 prizes valued at a total of $140,000, according to a news release from the Missouri Lottery......................Subscribers

Audit Critical of Delay in Appointing Lottery Commission Members
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri's (February 17, 2010) – News services in a report today said the Missouri's Lottery Commission had no members for half of 2009, leaving it to staff to run the agency.l.......................Subscribers

Lottery Sends $18.7 Million To Education Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (February 11, 2010) - The Missouri Lottery today transferred $18.7 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs.  The February monthly transfer of $18,728,491 was based on proceeds from January ticket sales....................Subscribers

Mega Millions to Join Missouri Lottery Line-up
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (January 22, 2010) - Tuesday and Friday nights are going to get a lot more exciting for Missouri Lottery players.  Beginning January 31, Mega Millions will join Powerball to offer players even more chances to win jackpot prizes for just $1 per play..................Subscribers

Mega Millions to Join Missouri Lottery Line-Up
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (January 22, 2010) - Tuesday and Friday nights are going to get a lot more exciting for Missouri Lottery players.  Beginning Jan. 31, Mega Millions will join Powerball to offer players even more chances to win jackpot prizes for just $1 per play....................Subscribers

Census Officials Join With Missouri Lottery To Reach out To “Hard To Count”
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (January 18, 2010) - April 1st is the day Americans will be called on to count themselves in and the effort to inform us of the importance of filling out and returning the 2010 U.S. Census forms is already in full swing.....................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Gears Up For Launch Of Mega Millions Game
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (December 29, 2009) -- The Missouri Lottery is gearing up for the launch of its newest big jackpot game, Mega Millions, which is currently operating in a dozen states. In Missouri, Mega Millions will join Powerball, the nation’s other huge jackpot game, on January 31st.......................Subscribers

Lottery Transfers $21 Million To Lottery Proceeds Fund
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (December 18, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery today transferred $21 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs.......................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery 'Tools 4 School' Winners Announced
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (December 14, 2009) - Taylor Rowe, an 18-year-old student at Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City, was selected as the grand-prize winner in the Missouri Lottery’s “Tools 4 School:  The A+ Giveaway” promotion..................Subscribers

Former Lawmaker Reardon Selected To Head Missouri Lottery
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (December 9, 2009) -- The Missouri Lottery Commission named May Scheve Reardon of St. Louis as the executive director of the Missouri Lottery during a commission meeting held today in Jefferson City.  Her appointment takes effect immediately.....................Subscribers

Lottery Sends $20.5 Million To Education Fund
JEFFERSON, Missouri (November 20, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery today transferred $20.5 million to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education programs.  The November transfer of $20,504,359 was based on proceeds from October ticket sales, and brings the total transferred in fiscal year 2010 to more than $105 million....................Subscribers

Lottery Gambles on New Game
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (November 9, 2009) -- The Missouri State Lottery Commission has voted to add the multistate Megamillions Game to its portfolio....................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Director Resigns
JEFFERSON, Missouri (November 9, 2009) - Missouri Lottery Executive Director Larry Jansen announced his resignation on November 6, during the Missouri Lottery Commission’s quarterly meeting held in St. Louis.....................Subscribers

Missouri to Sell Tickets for Second Multistate Lottery
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (November 6, 2009) - Missourians will soon have more chances to win tens of millions of dollars.................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery to Provide 'Tools 4 School'
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (October 25, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery is proud to currently provide 86 % of the funding for Missouri’s A+ Schools Program, which has helped more than 44,100 students attend community college or a career or technical school since 1997.....................Subscribers

Pick 3 Players Get a Second Chance to Win
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (October 5, 2009) - The orange ball is back with the Missouri Lottery’s “Pick 3 Bonus Numbers” promotion.  From Oct. 11 to Oct. 24, players can double their chances of winning cash during each Pick 3 drawing...................Subscribers

Hoagland Picked for Missouri Lottery Commission
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (September 30, 2009) -- Governor Jay Nixon has appointed Gina Hoagland of Ladue to serve on the Missouri Lottery Commission.....................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery to Provide 'Tools 4 School'
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (September 25, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery is proud to currently provide 86 percent of the funding for Missouri’s A+ Schools Program, which has helped more than 44,100 students attend community college or a career or technical school since 1997.................Subscribers

New Chair for Missouri Lottery Commission
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (September 25, 2009) -- Kevin Roberts of Hillsboro was elected chairman of the Missouri Lottery Commission during the commission’s quarterly meeting on Sept. 23.  Roberts replaces Celeste Witzel of St. Louis, who served as the commission’s chair since April 2007..........................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Recognized For Excellence in Financial Reporting
Receives Accounting Award
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (September 23, 2009) - For the ninth consecutive year, the Missouri Lottery’s accounting section has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR)....................Subscribers

Governor Appoints St. Louis Businessman to Missouri Lottery Commission
St. Louis, Missouri (September 4, 2009) -- Governor Jay Nixon recently appointed Jacque Land of St. Louis to the Missouri Lottery Commission.....................Subscribers

Pass Go and Collect $200 in Missouri Lottery Tickets
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (August 31, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery is introducing its biggest MONOPOLY™ game ever with a special Web-only promotion...........Subscribers

Governor Appoints Two to State Lottery Commission
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (August 26, 2009) -- Governor Jay Nixon announced in a news release that he has appointed Jacque Land of St. Louis, and Stephen Snead of Turners, to the State Lottery Commission......................Subscribers

Roberts Appointed To Missouri Lottery Commission
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (August 20, 2009) - Kevin C. Roberts of Hillsboro was recently appointed by Governor Jay Nixon to serve as a member of the Missouri Lottery Commission.............Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Plans State Fair Promotions
MO Lottery, MO State Fair, 'MOre Fun Than Ever'
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri (August 15, 2009) -- The Missouri Lottery plans “MOre Fun Than Ever” for fairgoers at this year’s Missouri State Fair in Sedalia..................Subscribers

Wright Appointed To Missouri Lottery Commission
JEFFERSON, Missouri (August 4, 2009) - Pamela S. Wright of University City was recently appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to serve as a member of the Missouri Lottery Commission. Wright’s appointment on July 30 is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending Sept. 7, 2010..................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Sets Up 'Millionaires Reunion'
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (June 23, 2009) -- The Missouri Lottery is holding a “millionaires' reunion” to allow those who have struck it rich a chance to meet other lottery millionaires, compare notes and get some financial advice......................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Releases Fiscal Year Total
Lottery Transfers $259 Million to Education; Proceeds Raised Surpass $3.5 Billion
JEFFERSON, Missouri (June 18, 2009) - The Missouri Lottery sent its final monthly transfer of fiscal year 2009 to public education today, bringing the total transferred in FY09 to $259 million and the total proceeds generated to date to more than $3.5 billion....................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Narrowly Misses Target
ST LOUIS, Missouri, USA (June 18, 2009) -- The Missouri's Lottery Commission blamed smaller Powerball jackpots and a sagging economy for a shortfall in the amount of money given to the state's public schools this year........................Subscribers

Pick 3 Players ‘Break-the-Bank’ With Triple 4s
JEFFERSON, Missouri (June 9, 2009) - Missouri Lottery Pick 3 players got lucky and "broke the lottery bank" when the combination 4-4-4 was drawn in the June 8 evening drawing – paying out 356 percent in prizes.  A total of 1,183 winning tickets were sold for last night’s drawing with a total payout of $348,960................Subscribers

Missouri Pick 3 Players Win With Triple 8s
MISSOURI, USA (April 29, 2009) -- Missouri Lottery Pick 3 players got lucky and "broke the lottery bank" when the combination 8-8-8 was drawn in the April 28 evening drawing – paying out 450 percent in prizes..................Subscribers

Decreasing Advertising Budget Has Prevented The Lottery From Maximizing Revenues
Missouri Lottery Shows Drop in Ad Revenue
ARKANSAS, USA (April 13, 2009) -- The pending lottery account remains a hot topic in the Arkansas advertising world. A report outlined what agencies might bid for the business; not surprisingly, almost all agencies contacted expressed interest.......................Subscribers

Missouri First to Launch New Numbers Game
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (February 26, 2009) -- If you can play tic-tac-toe, you can win Lucky Dough - a new game from the Missouri Lottery.  Lucky Dough, which starts March 2, is a daily Numbers Game that provides drawings every five minutes and gives players..................Subscribers

Missouri Raffle Fails to Sell Out, But Exceeds Break-Even Point
MISSOURI, USA (January 19, 2009) -- According to local media reports the Missouri Lottery’s alluring Million-Dollar Raffle game unfortunately didn’t sell out. But................Subscribers

Missouri Lottery Hit Record $1 Billion, Scratch-off tickets Lead the Way
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (January 6, 2009) -- Missouri Lottery sales have topped $1 billion for the first time in history. Lottery officials this week reported 2008 sales of...............Subscribers