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Ohio Lottery projects continued transfers to education while requesting modest operating increases
Summary
Ohio Lottery Director Michelle Gilchrist told the House Education Committee the lottery expects to transfer roughly $1.462 billion in FY 2026 and $1.467 billion in FY 2027 to the Lottery Profits Education Fund, requested modest increases for operating and advertising, and highlighted a $5 million responsible-gambling appropriation.
Michelle Gilchrist, director of the Ohio Lottery Commission, presented the commission’s budget outlook and spending priorities to the House Education Committee, outlining forecasts for sales, prize payouts and transfers to the Lottery Profits Education Fund (LPEF).
Gilchrist said the lottery is self-sustaining and non‑GRF, and that historically about 24 cents of every dollar sold for traditional games transfers to the LPEF; the commission reported record transfers in recent years. For the next biennium the lottery projected transfers of $1.462 billion in FY 2026 and $1.467 billion in FY…
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