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Massachusetts: Does the state have a lottery?
Has a state lottery
Yes. Massachusetts runs a state lottery through the State Lottery Commission in the state treasurer's office.
State law sets up a state lottery commission in the treasurer's office and authorizes it to run a state lottery, including online lottery sales. After prizes and costs, lottery money is set aside for budgeted aid to cities and towns, which state law describes as local property tax relief. The official pages opened did not give a start year or confirm which multistate games are sold.
What the law says
There shall be, in the office of the state treasurer, a state lottery commission, hereinafter called the commission, ... The commission is hereby authorized to conduct a state lottery.
Sources
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, § 23 Official · malegislature.gov
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, § 24 Official · malegislature.gov
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, § 35 (State Lottery Fund) Official · malegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Massachusetts State Lottery Commission
- Website
- masslottery.com
How bordering states compare
- Connecticut Has a state lotteryConnecticut runs a state lottery through the quasi-public Connecticut Lottery Corporation.
- New Hampshire Has a state lotteryYes. New Hampshire runs the oldest legal state lottery in the US, which began selling tickets in March 1964.
- New York Has a state lotteryNew York has a state lottery, created after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1966.
- Rhode Island Has a state lotteryRhode Island has a state lottery, run as a division of the state Department of Revenue.
- Vermont Has a state lotteryYes. Vermont runs a state lottery under its Board of Liquor and Lottery.
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