The West Virginia Lottery exceeded its sales goal for the fiscal year 2020-2021 despite casinos taking a hit due to COVID-19.
During Tuesday’s monthly lottery commission meeting, state Lottery Director John Myers reported that the lottery finished with a total revenue of just under $1.2 billion from July of last year to June 30.
“Each year we set a goal to exceed one billion dollars in total sales for the lottery. This year we ended up at $1.17 billion,” Myers told MetroNews.
John Myers
Myers said the lottery projected a total of $983 million for the year. He also said on the net revenue side, the lottery fund finished $17 million above projections and the excess funds were $52 million over projections for the fiscal year.
