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Lottery prize payout share: U.S. states ranked (FY2023)

Measure: Lottery prize payout share (%, derived). All 45 states with data in State lottery ticket sales and proceeds by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: FY2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-09
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances, Income and Apportionment of State-Administered Lottery Funds (2023 Lottery Table)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 66.3 (United States).

Washington: 68.4Idaho: 73.4Montana: 60.5North Dakota: 53.7Minnesota: 69.3Michigan: 68.8Ohio: 69.4Pennsylvania: 72New York: 54.7Vermont: 62.2New Hampshire: 65.9Maine: 74.9Arizona: 72.2California: 64.5New Mexico: 54.5Texas: 66.7Louisiana: 54.2Mississippi: 57.8Alabama: not in this tableFlorida: 71Georgia: 70.7South Carolina: 70.9North Carolina: 65.9Virginia: 77.5District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 68Delaware: 47.9New Jersey: 63.6Connecticut: 69.8Rhode Island: 33.5Massachusetts: 73.2Oregon: 20.9Utah: not in this tableWyoming: 57.7Nevada: not in this tableColorado: 69.8South Dakota: 21Nebraska: 55Kansas: 66.4Oklahoma: 65.8Iowa: 67.8Missouri: 74.3Wisconsin: 65.3Illinois: 65.5Kentucky: 73.6Arkansas: 72.8Tennessee: 64.5West Virginia: 22.2Indiana: 70.4Alaska: not in this tableHawaii: not in this table

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 20.9 to 55 %
  • Group 2: 55 to 65.5 %
  • Group 3: 65.5 to 68.8 %
  • Group 4: 68.8 to 72 %
  • Highest: 72 to 77.5 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: States without a state lottery in 2023 (Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah) are not ranked; some states include video lottery terminals, so totals are not strictly comparable.

1Virginia77.5
2Maine74.9
3Missouri74.3
4Kentucky73.6
5Idaho73.4
6Massachusetts73.2
7Arkansas72.8
8Arizona72.2
9Pennsylvania72
10Florida71
11South Carolina70.9
12Georgia70.7
13Indiana70.4
14Colorado69.8
14Connecticut69.8
16Ohio69.4
17Minnesota69.3
18Michigan68.8
19Washington68.4
20Maryland68
21Iowa67.8
22Texas66.7
23Kansas66.4
24New Hampshire65.9
24North Carolina65.9
26Oklahoma65.8
27Illinois65.5
28Wisconsin65.3
29California64.5
29Tennessee64.5
31New Jersey63.6
32Vermont62.2
33Montana60.5
34Mississippi57.8
35Wyoming57.7
36Nebraska55
37New York54.7
38New Mexico54.5
39Louisiana54.2
40North Dakota53.7
41Delaware47.9
42Rhode Island33.5
43West Virginia22.2
44South Dakota21
45Oregon20.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances, Income and Apportionment of State-Administered Lottery Funds (2023 Lottery Table)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: FY2023.

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U.S. states ranked by lottery prize payout share (%, derived) (FY2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of State Government Finances, Income and Apportionment of State-Administered Lottery Funds (2023 Lottery Table); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-lottery-prize-payout-share/

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