The Lottery paid out over $77.6 million in winnings to players in 2006 and total payments to all Idaho public schools and Idaho higher education from 1990 - 2006, were $333.5 million.
Games include Powerball, scratch tickets, and pull-tabs. In October 2007, Idaho joined the multi-state jackpot game Hot Lotto; it is unrelated to the pick-5 game called "Hot Lotto" available only in Idaho in the 1990s.
A major difference between Idaho and other MUSL members is that Powerball winners have only a 30-day window after winning (instead of 60 days) in which to choose cash or annuity. Furthermore, Idaho starts the 30-day "clock" with the drawing, rather than when the ticket is claimed, in the case of Hot Lotto.
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