Lottery transfers to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund decreased in Fiscal Year 2016-17 to $1.656 billion or $36 million less than the prior year. This decrease is primarily due to lower overall draw game sales and transfers, and appears more significant due to a record setting Powerball jackpot that increased ticket sales for the prior year.

Several additional game and product distribution options are available to further increase transfers to education. However, some options could represent expanded gambling. In addition, the introduction of new games likely would result in shifts in sales from existing games.

The Lottery continues to outperform the legislative performance standard for its operating expense rate, which is second lowest in the nation.

The Lottery should continue its ongoing efforts to protect the integrity of the Lottery by

• improving its capabilities for identifying and investigating potential ticket theft or brokering by retailers; and
• increasing the number of retailer locations with ticket self-checkers and providing a ticket scanning function in its mobile app.