SD lottery generates slightly less money in fiscal year 2025

The South Dakota Lottery has announced the state took in less money from gaming this past year. According to numbers released Thursday for fiscal year 2025, lottery generated $177.92 million to the state general fund and $2.26 million to the state capital construction fund. That’s down from $179.72 million and $3.76 million respectively last year. Lottery officials say these are unaudited numbers, but that they do not anticipate the numbers to change drastically.