Coronavirus and the accompanying restrictions on consumers and businesses last year didn’t hamper Ohioans hoping to hit it big in the state lottery, with ticket sales up more than 15% over pre-pandemic 2019.
That should mean additional funding for Ohio’s schools, with about a quarter of proceeds directed into the state’s Lottery Profits Education Fund, though the final impact won’t be known until the end of this fiscal year in June.
Total game sales from January through December topped $3.8 billion, up from $3.3 billion in 2019, according to statistics compiled by the Ohio Lottery Commission.
