Kansas Lottery

The state of Kansas operates the Kansas Lottery, which is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The state offers various games that include Powerball, scratch tickets, Super Kansas Cash, Hot Lotto, and Keno.

The state has a minimum age to purchase lottery tickets which is 18. The Kansas Lottery Indy 300 is an automobile race that is named for the Kansas Lottery.

Kansas Lottery partnered with the Iowa Lottery in September 2007 to create the first, MUSL sponsored scratch-off lottery game - Midwest Millions - since the Powerball scratch ticket was retired.

Kansas is the only state that has a video lottery game called Cashola, which makes the possibility of a national multi-state jackpot video slot system a possibility.

A constitutional amendment was created by 64% of the voters approving a state lottery system in November of 1986. In 1987, the Kansas Lottery Act was passed by the legislature establishing the Kansas Lottery. The mission of the Kansas Lottery is to produce the maximum amount of revenue possible for the State of Kansas while insuring the integrity of all games. In Fiscal Year 2008, the Kansas Lottery experienced the second-highest record of sales at 7 Million dollars with Million dollars going to the State.

There are many levels of scratch-off tickets that are sold by the Kansas Lottery in various amounts. The Kansas Lottery also provides Powerball, Hot Lotto, Pick 3, Pick4, 2by2, Keno and Kansas Hold'Em and Super Kansas Cash. There are approximately 1,900 retail locations throughout Iowa that sell lottery tickets and instant games.

The history of the Kansas Lottery, as well as individuals who served as Executive Director and yearly sales, prize payouts and more listed below. Also, you can see the many people who have become millionaires playing the lottery.

Kansas Lottery Notable History

• Nov. 1986 - The establishment of a state lottery in Kansas is approved by 64% of the voters.
• Nov. 1987 - Tickets sales began in 21 cities during kick-off events and the first instant scratch game had sales of Million dollars in one week. This game was called Up and Away.
• Aug. 1996 - The Cash Lotto game was dramatically changed by the introduction of the Kansas Cash Game.
• Oct. 2002 - Kansas and 13 other states start the Powerball Instant Millionaire Game Show that features a Kansas player on every show. The show has second-chance drawings for trips to Las Vegas and a chance to win Million dollars each week.
• January 2009 - A .76 Million dollar jackpot is claimed by an employee of Spirit Aerosystems in Whichita after matching all numbers on the Hot Lotto game. Belle Plaine is the fourth individual in Kansas to win the jackpot for Hot Lotto since Kansas joined the Hot Lotto group in March of 2006.
• February 2009 - A Kansas resident, A Stilwel, claimed the .6 Million dollar Super Kansas Cash jackpot by matching all the winning numbers during the February 7, 2009 drawing.