About Us

Louisiana's citizens! Our mission is to generate maximum revenues for the state of Louisiana, which is the corporation's sole shareholder. Although many Louisiana businesses benefit indirectly from having a state lottery, only the state directly receives Lottery profits, which amount to at least 25% of its revenue.

To ensure the highest level of accountability, the following entities have varying degrees of oversight over the corporation, including review of its budget and administrative rules and drawings: Governor of Louisiana, Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, Senate Judiciary B Committee, House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and Office of the Legislative Auditor.

The president of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation handles the daily activities involved with running the corporation under the supervision of the LLC's nine-member, governing board of directors. Board members are appointed to staggered terms from each of Louisiana's six congressional districts and three members are appointed at large with one of those at large members being selected from a list of five candidates submitted by the Louisiana Oil Marketers and Convenience Store Association. Each member is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Louisiana Senate before beginning a four-year term. The state treasurer serves as an ex-officio board member. The state Attorney General's office represents the corporation in legal matters.

No, the state constitution dictates how Lottery proceeds are to be directed. Effective July 1, 2004, the state constitution provides that Lottery proceeds be dedicated to the Minimum Foundation Program, which funds public education in Louisiana. The dedication was a result of a 2003 constitutional amendment, which was passed by voters, 64% to 36%. The Lottery is required by its statute to transfer at least 25% of its revenue to the state.

The Lottery is totally self funded, retaining roughly 5% of its revenue to fund its headquarters, regional sales offices, ticket technology, drawings, advertising, promotions, and staffing. This also includes vendor fees for printing scratch-offs and maintaining the draw gaming system.

Yes! Join the Louisiana Lottery's free online players club—Club Lotteaux—for the latest updates on new games and promotions, plus winning numbers delivered to your email inbox after each nightly drawing. As a member, you are eligible to participate in opinion surveys about our games for the chance to win cool Lottery merchandise. Learn more about Club Lotteaux here.

According to the State Gaming Revenue Sources and Uses Report published in 2022, Lottery transfers represented 20.9% of total gaming industry proceeds transferred to the state, but the Lottery’s share of total state gaming spending was only 6.9%. The reason for this difference is the effective tax rate, which is the share of net revenue after prize expenses are transferred to the state. The Lottery’s effective tax rate was 77%, compared to an effective tax rate of 32.2% for video poker, the next highest taxed form of gaming.

Although the Lottery is not engaged in law enforcement, we aggressively promote the minimum age requirement by printing it on all tickets, news releases, sales material, and signage, as well as reinforcing the message in retailer training and communication. In addition, we are a member of the Louisiana Responsible Vendor Program, which establishes mandatory training and certifies vendors on minimum age requirements for alcohol, tobacco, and lottery sales.

The legislature's decision to pursue a state lottery was based on a 1989 study indicating expected sales between $129 million and $164 million, which the Louisiana Lottery has far exceeded every year. In fiscal year 2023, sales were over $652 million.

The Louisiana Lottery is concerned about the issue of problem gambling. Toward that end, we include the Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling's problem gambling hotline number on all tickets, advertising, news releases, and sales materials, as well as periodically conducting "play responsibly" public service campaigns. In addition, $500,000 of our annual proceeds are earmarked for problem gambling programs, as outlined in the Lottery's statute.

Employment opportunities at the Lottery can be viewed on our recruitment site.