Pennsylvania Lottery

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Pennsylvania Lottery

Agency overview
Formed	August 26, 1971
Jurisdiction	Pennsylvania
Headquarters	Middletown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Motto	Benefits Older Pennsylvanians. Every Day.
Agency executives	Drew Svitko, Executive Director Jim Sawyer, Security Director Ewa Swope, Press Secretary
Parent agency	Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
Website	www.palottery.pa.gov

The Pennsylvania Lottery is a lottery operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on August 26, 1971;^[1] two months later, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first executive director. The Pennsylvania Lottery sold its first tickets on March 7, 1972, and drew its first numbers on March 15, 1972.^[2]