Celebrate Lottery Week With Us!
Join lotteries across the U.S. and Canada from July 14-20 in celebrating Lottery Week! This week, we acknowledge our collective contributions to our missions and beneficiaries and thank our retailers, employees, and players. In California, 95 cents of every dollar spent on lottery games goes back to the community through contributions to public schools, player prizes, and retailer compensation. This year is particularly special as we celebrate our 40th Anniversary! To learn more about what we’re celebrating this Lottery Week, read below and follow us on our social channels for updates.
Our Mission
The California Lottery’s mission is to provide supplemental funding to California public schools. In the last 40 years, the California Lottery has contributed over $46 billion to schools. Fiscal Year 23-24 was another record-breaker with nearly $9.27 billion in sales, resulting in more than $2.2 billion being returned to California public education. We appreciate our dedicated players, enthusiastic retailers, staff, and local communities— we couldn’t achieve this without YOU! Watch the videos below to see how, together, we help make an impact on California public schools.
Lottery Retailers
Every California Lottery retailer plays a vital role in our mission, including numerous small and independent businesses throughout the state. In fact, over 780 retailers have been with us since the Lottery began in 1985. In addition to regular commissions from tickets sold and redeemed, retailers also benefit when players win big. Over the last 40 years, retailers have earned a total of $10.4 billion in commissions and bonuses. In 2024 alone, our 23,423 retailers collectively earned over $632.7 million. We are thankful for our retailers and appreciate their dedication to our mission.
Find Your Game
Play your favorite lottery game or try something new this week! Whether you enjoy daily games, jackpot games, Hot Spot®, or Scratchers®, the perfect game is just a play away. If you love jackpot games, check out our Draw Games and find everything you need to know, including winning numbers, odds, and more! This includes information on the new Mega Millions game, which offers larger jackpots and better prizes. Looking for even more fun? Explore our Scratchers® games and discover an exciting array of playstyles, themes, and available prizes.
Lucky Winners
Winning the lottery is an exciting experience for everyone, regardless of the prize amount! That's why we love to celebrate the success stories of our players. The California Lottery has winners every single day and has paid out over $90 billion in prizes since the first ticket was sold in 1985. In the past year alone, over 113 million winning draw game tickets were sold and over 120 winners took home $1 million or more in Scratchers® prizes. California Lottery has created 140 millionaires, along with one billionaire!
Integrity, Trust, and Responsible Gaming
California Lottery is committed to the highest standards of security and responsible gaming. We were the first lottery in the nation to receive a World Lottery Association (WLA) Responsible Gaming Level Four Certification and the first lottery to earn the Security Control Standard Certification. These are the highest levels of internationally recognized certification for our commitment to making responsible gaming, security, trust, and integrity an integral part of our daily operation at California Lottery.