The Granite State was the first in the country to catch lotto fever, establishing the country’s first legal lottery on April 30, 1964. Unlike today’s computerized methods, winners of the first lottery games were selected from a large drum with cash prizes topping out at $100,000.
Total paid to education to date: $1.5 billion
Stores selling lottery tickets: 1,250+
Powerball sales in 2013: $46.2 million
Biggest ticket payout: August 2003 North Conway $70 million cash
Number of instant tickets sold between FY 1975 (first year of sales) and 2013: 1.5 billion
Revenue in 1964: $5.7 million
Revenue in 2013: Nearly $280 million
Revenue since inception: $5 billion
Source: NH Lottery
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