Profits from Missouri Lottery ticket sales in March, totaling $29.7 million, were sent to the Lottery Proceeds Fund for public education on Friday, April 13.
According to a news release, the monthly transfer of $29,701,183 brings the total for fiscal-year 2018 to more than $258 million.
Since Missouri Lottery sales started in 1986, the Lottery has generated more than $5.9 billion for the state and public education. Annual Lottery proceeds comprise about four percent of the state’s funding for public education – an effort shared by local, state and federal governments.
Programs currently funded in FY18 include the A+ Scholarship Program, the Foundation Program, Access Missouri and many others.
For complete information about Missouri Lottery proceeds, including maps of proceeds by program and by county, see the “Where the Money Goes” section at www.MOLottery.com.