The Michigan Lottery had a big fiscal year 2020, despite a pandemic that wreaked havoc on the state.
According to a financial report from the lottery, the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2020, saw $4.25 billion in total operating revenue, a 9.2% increase from $3.89 billion the previous fiscal year. That increase was larger than the 8.5% year-over-year increase between FY 2018 and FY 2019.
The Michigan online lottery’s instant games accounted for $219.1 million of the revenue, still a tiny fraction of the lottery’s overall business, but the iLottery win was up 88.4% compared to FY 2019. Michiganders gambled on the online scratch-offs more than ever before during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scratch-offs purchased through retail locations totaled $2.038 billion, a new record and an increase of 23.1% compared to the prior fiscal year’s total of $1.655 billion. The FY 2019 total was up 11.2% over FY 2018.