Public referendums:
November 8, 1988 - The Lottery constitutional amendment permitting a state lottery; passed 57%.
November 8, 1988 - To establish a Minnesota Environment/Natural Resources Trust Fund for the Environment/Natural Resources and wildlife purposes; passed 77%.
November 6, 1990 - Dedicated 40% of the state lottery proceeds to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund until the year 2001; passed 75%.
November 3, 1998 - To extend the Natural Resources Trust Fund to the year 2025; passed 77%.

Clint Harris became Minnesota's second lottery director on October 11, 2004 following his appointment by Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Prior to moving to Minnesota, Harris had been director of the South Dakota Lottery. Formally appointed to that position in May, 2003, he had served as acting executive director for the previous three years. He joined the South Dakota Lottery in 1993 as research analyst and was named director of administration in 1995.
Harris currently serves as chair of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) Hot Lotto Game group, and NASPL Secretary.

Gopher 5® Drawing Days to Change
MINNESOTA, USA (September 29, 2008) - For the first time in more than 17 years, the drawing days for Minnesota’s own Gopher 5 game are changing. Starting on Oct. 6, 2008, Gopher 5 will move to three drawings per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). There are no changes to odds or prizes................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery Sales Hit All-Time High
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, USA (October 24, 2008) -- Minnesota State Lottery Director Clint Harris is reported by the local media as saying the state plans to launch eight or nine more scratch games in the near future, which could bring another record year in sales...............Subscribers

Lottery Sales Set Record in Fiscal Year 2008
MINNESOTA, USA (August 26, 2008) - Minnesota State Lottery ticket sales reached a record $461.5 million in fiscal year 2008, an increase of $38.9 million, or 9.2 percent, from 2007.................Subscribers

Minnesota State Lottery Director Elected As President of the Multi-State Lottery Association Board of Directors
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota (July 7, 2008) -- Minnesota State Lottery Director Clint Harris has been elected as President of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) Board of Directors, beginning July 1, 2008...................Subscribers

Minnesota State Lottery Hooks Up With Lund® Boats
MINNESOTA, USA (April 21, 2008) -- The Minnesota State Lottery, in collaboration with Minnesota-based Lund® Boats, introduces an innovative scratch game and second-chance drawing promotion just in time to kick off Minnesota’s fishing season..................Subscribers

Smoking Ban Cuts Receipts From Pull-Tabs, Bingo
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, USA (March 31, 2008) -- Enacting a statewide ban on smoking last year appears to have had a precipitous effect on charitable gambling revenues from pull-tabs and bingo...............Subscribers

Lottery Ticket Sales Drop in Minnesota in January
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota, USA (February 27, 2008) -- Sales of lottery tickets are down in Minnesota and the weaker economy is the apparent reason...............Subscribers

Time is Running Out, Less Than 20 Percent of Minnesota Millionaire Raffle Tickets Remain
MINNESOTA, USA (December 18, 2007) -- Minnesotans won’t want to miss their chance at the best odds of becoming a millionaire. With a 1 in 250,000 chance to win one of the two guaranteed $1 million Raffle prizes.................Subscribers

Minnesota Wins Big! Lottery Sales Generate Second Highest Profit for Beneficiaries Ever
MINNESOTA, USA (September 19, 2007) -- From July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, the Lottery has generated an estimated $112.4 million for Minnesota, the second highest ever. Lottery sales for fiscal year 2007 were ...........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.13

GameTech Announces Minnesota Manufacturer License
RENO, Nevada, USA (September 19, 2007) -- GameTech International, Inc. ("GameTech" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: GMTC), a leading designer, developer and marketer of electronic bingo equipment and bingo systems, today announced that the Minnesota Gambling Control Board has granted a manufacturer license to the Company effective October 1st, 2007.........Read the full story at: Vol.40 No.13

Clint Harris Elected Chairman of Powerball® Game Group
Harris also Elected Vice President of MUSL Board
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota, USA (July 24, 2007) -- Clint Harris, Executive Director of the Minnesota State Lottery, has been elected chairman of the Powerball game group and vice-president of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) board of directors...........Subscribers

Lottery Awarded Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota, USA (May 16, 2007) -- For the seventh consecutive year, the Minnesota State Lottery has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year ending June 30, 2006. This certificate is awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA)........Subscribers

Lottery Celebrates Minnesota Twins™ Scratch Game at Mall of America®
MINNESOTA, USA (April 11, 2007) -- On April 14, the Rotunda at the Mall of America will be transformed into a baseball field to celebrate the Minnesota State Lottery’s Minnesota Twins™ Scratch Game......Read the full story at: Vol.39 No.4

New Raffle Game Offers Limited Tickets, Best Chances to Be a Millionaire
Two lucky Raffle players to kick off the New Year as millionaires
MINNESOTA, USA (October 27, 2006) -- Looking to offer a fun new game format, the Minnesota State Lottery is launching the Minnesota Millionaire Raffle, which will feature limited tickets, two $1 million prizes and the best chance in Lottery history to become a millionaire...........................Subscribers

New State Raffle Features Two $1 Million Prizes and Limited Pool of Tickets
MINNESOTA, USA (October 25, 2006) -- The Minnesota State Lottery has reportedly announced that it will conduct a new raffle that will award two $1 million prizes on New Year's Day. Yesterday the South Carolina Education Lottery (SCEL) also announced a new limited-edition Carolina Millionaire Raffle..........................Subscribers

Minnesota’s Lottery Director Named President of North American Lottery Association
MINNESOTA, USA (October 23, 2006) -- Clint Harris, Executive Director of the Minnesota State Lottery, has been elected president of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL). The 52-member organization, consisting of government-sponsored lotteries from the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, selected Harris this month at their annual meeting in Chicago.........................................Read the full story at: Vol.37 No.4

Auditor Finds Minor Problems in Latest Look at State Lottery
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (September 28, 2006) – Legislative Auditor James Nobles didn't find much to question in his latest audit of the Minnesota State Lottery.....................................Subscribers

Minnesota State Lottery Fiscal Year 2006 Sales and Profits Set New Records for Second Consecutive Year
MINNESOTA, USA (September 14, 2006) -- Minnesota State Lottery ticket sales reached $449.7 million in fiscal year 2006, an increase of 10.2 percent from 2005 and a new record for the second consecutive year.............Subscribers

Big Bear Thanks Humans For Environmental Benefits
MINNESOTA, USA (September 7, 2006) -- Colle+McVoy has created a new campaign for the Minnesota State Lottery that reminds the state's residents that millions of dollars raised by the state lottery goes to maintaining the environment.

Lucky From the Start; Minnesota Creates New Town to Promote Lottery
MINNESOTA (May 18, 2006) -- The Minnesota State Lottery wanted to create a place where people could feel at home playing the lottery, so it, with help from Colle+McVoy, created an entire town where residents can live in a land where it rains money and the flowers are made out of dollar bills.....................................Read the full story at: Vol.35 No.8

Lottery Sponsors Problem Gambling Television Program
MINNESOTA, USA (January 27, 2006) -- On January 28 Twin Cities Public Television, will present the first broadcast of The Hidden Addiction: Problem Gambling in Minnesota, a 30-minute documentary on problem gambling, sponsored by the Minnesota State Lottery..........................Subscribers

Company Loses Appeal Over Canceled Lottery Contracts
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (November 1, 2005) -- Minnesota Lottery officials followed all necessary requirements when they canceled promotion contracts after the death of longtime lottery director George Andersen, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled..............................Subscribers

Charitable Gambling Impacted By Smoking Ban
ST. PAUL Minnesota, USA (September 27, 2005) -- Backers of charitable gambling - pull-tabs, bingo and other games - told lawmakers that smoking bans have hurt their businesses.............................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery's Gopher 5® Game Offers Bigger Jackpots, More Chances to Win
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (September 20, 2005) --The Minnesota State Lottery is launching a newly revamped Gopher 5 game that will offer players better odds of winning a prize and, ultimately, bigger jackpots..........................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery Amends Gopher Matrix to Increase Jackpots
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (September 16, 2005) -- The Minnesota State Lottery will change Gopher Five to increase its jackpot sizes to attract more players............................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery Using Technology to Raise Public Awareness of Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
MINNESOTA, USA (September 9, 2005) -- Lottery players will be encouraged to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts through messages printed on lottery tickets....................................Subscribers

The Minnesota State Lottery is Running a Horror-Themed Powerball Campaign Created by Coll + McVoy
NEW YORK, USA (September 8, 2005) -- The Minnesota State Lottery has launched a TV campaign that pays homage to horror films while emphasizing that Powerball is always "big" - so play ALL the time..............................Subscribers

Mother Nature Sends Minnesotans a Thank You
ST. PAUL, Minn., USA (August 26, 2005) -- Mother Nature has impeccable manners. So, when she wants to thank Minnesotans for the benefits she receives when they play .......................................Read the full story at: Vol.32 No.10

Minnesota Lottery Sales and Profits Hit Record; First Time in History that Sales Exceed $400 million
MINNESOTA, USA (August 1, 2005) -- Record Minnesota State Lottery ticket sales of $408.0 million in fiscal year 2005 generated a record $106.18 million for State projects and programs including the General Fund and the Environment & Natural Resources Trust Fund.....................................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery to Launch New Powerball Ad Campaign
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (July 4, 2005) - The Minnesota Lottery is about to launch an advertising campaign to persuade Powerball players that $10 million really is a lot of money.............................Subscribers

State Lottery to Minnesotans: Don't Belittle Millions
Minnesota State Lottery Unveils Its Biggest Marketing Effort
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (June 27, 2005) -- The Minnesota State Lottery today launches the largest, most visible marketing effort in the agency's history in order to remind people that winning a few million dollars is nothing to breezily disregard. Titled, "Don't Belittle Powerball® ... It's Always Big," .............................Read the full story at: Vol.32 No.1

Charitable Gambling Takes a Hit in Minnesota
MINNESOTA, USA (May 3, 2005) -- Minnesota Lottery sales went up 10 percent from fiscal year 2003 to 2004. At the same time, charitable gambling at service clubs like the Austin VFW has taken a big hit....................................Subscribers

Public Relations Executive Tied to Lottery Probe Found Dead
MINNESOTA, USA (April 30, 2005) -- Michael Priesnitz, the former head of Media Rare, a St. Paul public relations firm, has reportedly been found dead from an apparent ...............................Subscribers

NASPL '05 Minneapolis, September 14 -16, 2005
On behalf of the Minnesota State Lottery, I am honored to invite you to NASPL 2005, which will be held in Minneapolis from September 14 to 16, 2005. As many of you know, the Minnesota State Lottery was also your conference host in 1995. We are all very excited to welcome you back to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." ...............................Subscribers

NASPL '05 Minneapolis, September 14 -16, 2005
The Minnesota State Lottery is gearing up for NASPL 2005, which will be held in Minneapolis in September. The conference will Celebrate our Past and Embrace our Future. From the New Hampshire Lottery, created in 1964, to Oklahoma, the newest member of our lottery family, the industry needs to take what has been learned in the past and apply it to future opportunities................................Read the full story at: Vol.31 No.4

Lottery Pulls Scratch Game
ROSEVILLE, Minnesota (March 8, 2005) -- There are reportedly about 6,700 Minnesota Lottery Criss Cross scratch-off tickets in circulation that pay out $30, when they are only supposed to pay out $15. So far, only two people have received the $15 extra from the incorrect tickets........................Subscribers

Minnesota Lottery's Big Second Chance Promotion Gets Big Response from Players - 269,000 Entries Received
MINNESOTA, USA (February 25, 2005) -- The Lottery's "Big Second Chance" promotion was a big one! Between January 17 and February 23, 2005, the Lottery received an estimated 269,000 entries for four drawings from which four lucky Minnesotans won a total of $100,000. The huge number of entries received was a record for any Minnesota State Lottery mail-in promotion..................................Subscribers

Minnesota State Lottery Awards Instant Ticket Contract to OGT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA (February 17, 2005) -- Oberthur Gaming Technologies ("OGT") is proud to announce the company has been awarded the primary vendor contract for the manufacturing of instant tickets of the Minnesota State Lottery. The contract period is for two years with the option to extend for three additional years..................................Subscribers

Minnesota Lawmaker Introduces Controversial VLT Bill
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (February 15, 2005) -- State Senator David Tomassoni introduced a bill on Monday that would allow for up to five video lottery terminals (VLTs) in every bar in Minnesota...........................Subscribers

Lottery-Operated Casinos Would Almost Certainly be Subject to Legal Challenges
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, USA (February 14, 2005) -- According to local media reports should the Legislature adopts Governor Pawlenty's plan to establish Minnesota Lottery-operated casinos it would almost certainly lead to a spate of legal challenges.........................Subscribers

Senate Panel Backs Lottery Nominee and Approves Proposed Oversight Board
MINNESOTA, USA (February 1, 2005) -- The former head of the South Dakota Lottery Clint Harris, reportedly moved closer on Monday to confirmation as director of the Minnesota State Lottery when a Senate committee unanimously backed him...............................Subscribers

Park-Themed Instant Lottery Games Proposed
MINNEAPOLIS, (January 24, 2005) -- Park-themed instant lottery scratch games could net the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board more than $100,000 a year for operations and maintenance...........................Subscribers

Audit Finds Lottery's Dual Role Could Compromise Integrity
MINNESOTA, USA (January 18, 2005) -- The Office of the Legislative Auditor has released its findings of a review into the state's regulation of legalized gambling.....................Subscribers