Indiana Hoosier Lottery and Powerball

On November 8, 1988 Indiana voters approved a lottery referendum by a strong majority, 62 percent. On May 3, 1989, the Indiana General Assembly ratified the Lottery Act and, a week later, Governor Evan Bayh signed the Lottery Act into law. In June, Jack Crawford became the first Lottery Director. The Lottery Commission was appointed a month later.

Three months after the creation of the first Commission, the Hoosier Lottery was in full operation. On October 13, 1989, instant, or scratch-off, ticket sales began at 12:10 p.m. On the first day alone, 8.19 million tickets were sold. By the following week, first week sales exceeded $21.8 million.

On October 28, 1989, the Hoosier Millionaire show debuted on WTTV-4 in Indianapolis and on its 10 station network. By mid-November, first month sales exceeded $61 million. The Lottery immediately repaid the state of Indiana more than $6 million in startup costs, plus interest. Within another three weeks ticket sales reached $100 million.

On March 15, 1990, Governor Bayh accepted $73 million from the Hoosier Lottery for tax relief.

HOOSIER LOTTERY PROFITS HAVE GENERATED OVER $2.4 BILLION FOR INDIANA, FUNDS USED TO SUPPORT TEACHER, FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE PENSION FUNDS AND LOWER LICENSE PLATE TAXES.

For the Hoosier Lottery, you select 6 numbers from 48. All six numbers are required to win first prize. There are 5 levels of prizes.

Click here to go to the Indiana Hoosier Lottery's home page. The Indiana Hoosier Lottery's home page will open in a new window, so when you are finished, just close it by clicking on the x in its upper right corner.

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