The ever-increasing amount of economic activity that takes place in the U.S. on the internet seemingly would make it inevitable that lawmakers across the country approve the launch of online lottery ticket sales.
But to date, only nine state-sponsored lotteries have gone down that path, starting with Illinois and Georgia in 2012 and followed by Michigan (2014), Kentucky (2016), North Dakota (2017), New Hampshire and Pennsylvania (2018), Rhode Island (2020), and then North Carolina in 2023. New Jersey and West Virginia legislators also have approved iLottery, with launches expected to come later in 2024, while the District of Columbia rolled out its first iLottery games in 2020.
