Kentucky Lottery

The Kentucky Lottery is government-regulated and offers various types of games. The Lottery was created in April of 1989 after a 60% vote by Kentucky residents in November if 1988. On April 4, 1989, lottery sales began and the first day of sales topped Million dollars for the two games that were available. These two games, which were instant scratch games, were called Beginners Luck which sold for a 2$ and Two for the Money which cost 10$.

The state has a minimum age to purchase lottery tickets which is 18.

History

The gubernatorial race of 1987 focused heavily on the issue of a state lottery. Wallace G. Wilkinson, who eventually became governor, made introducing the lottery a main focal point of his campaign. By winning the election, his campaign would be the biggest gubernatorial victory in the state's history.

The incumbent Lieutenant Governor, Steve Beshear, was against the lottery during the 1987 race. In 2007, he ironically became Governor-Elect on a platform that supports legalized gambling in Kentucky.

Games

The Kentucky Lottery has several lottery games that are offered and include Powerball, Cash Ball (4/33 & 1/31), Pick 3, Pick 4, 3 Line, various scratch-offs that range from to , pull-tabs that range from $.25 to , and Lucky 7's, which is raffle that started in 2007.

About Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is located in east central United States. The state of Kentucky is often included in a group of southern states, but is sometimes included culturally and geographically to states in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of the states that are a commonwealth state with the other three states being Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

This state was originally part of Virginia, but became the 15th state when it joined the Union in 1792. The state of Kentucky is the 37th largest state based on total area, ranks 26th by population and ranks 36th based on land area.

Kentucky is also known as the Bluegrass State, because many of the lawns in this state contain this form of grass. This state not only has the longest cave system in the world called Mammoth Cave National Park, but Kentucky has the greatest amount of waterways in the lower 48 states that can be navigated, as well as having the largest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States. Some additional points about this state are that its has the nation's most productive coalfield, the most expansive free ranging elk east of Montana, and is also known for thoroughbred horses, horse racing, bluegrass music, bourbon distilleries, tobacco, college basketball, and auto manufacturing.