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Products and services
  • On-line, computer-based games: POWERBALL® (the fastest-growing multimillion-dollar jackpot game), HOT LOTTO®, Multi-Win LOTTO, Play 3 and Play 4.
  • Short-term on-line games with various themes.
  • Video Lottery games at Dover Downs, Delaware Park in Stanton, and Midway Slots & Simulcast in Harrington.
  • Instant Games: themed scratch-off tickets.

Tickets are available statewide at nearly 500 licensed Delaware Lottery Retailers.

Looking at the numbers
  • Total revenue, 1975 through end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007: more than $7.713 billion.
  • Total prizes won by players of traditional games, 1975 through end of FY 2007: more than $1.740 billion.

By law, Delaware Lottery generates income for the state's General Fund. The General Fund is a pool of money that finances a wide variety of state services. The amount of money that the Lottery contributes annually to the General Fund has risen for more than 20 years.

  • Revenue generated for General Fund since 1975: more than $2.8 billion.
  • Revenue generated for General Fund for FY ending June 2007: $256.7 million.
Legacy
  • Law establishing the Delaware State Lottery was signed on May 31, 1974.
  • First Lottery games introduced in 1975.
  • First daily numbers game, PLAY 3, introduced in 1978; LOTTO game added in 1983.
  • Teamed up with other states to introduce the multistate POWERBALL® game in 1992.
  • Video Lottery machines introduced at three racetracks in 1995 and 1996.

Updated June 2008

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Wayne Lemons,
Delaware Lottery Director

Delaware Lottery Office
McKee Business Park
1575 McKee Road, Suite 102
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302-739-5291
Fax: 302-739-6706

Play Responsibly — If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the Delaware Gambling Helpline — 1-888-850-8888.

It's the Law — You must be 18 years of age or older to purchase Delaware Lottery tickets.

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For winning numbers and other Delaware Lottery information, call:
In Delaware: 1-800-338-6200
From out-of-state: 302-736-1436

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