By mid-1973, the Pennsylvania Lottery expanded to three weekly games with the addition of Lucky 7 and Winner's Choice both had tickets priced at $1.
June 22, 1972, Operations Division located at Olmstead Air Force Base was inundated by flood. Even more impressive was the $57.7 million in net revenue realized by the end of the first fiscal year - $27.5 million more than the original $30 million projection. The new Lottery created four winners of a million dollars each in just six months. The Pennsylvania Lottery premiered March 7, 1972, with a 50-cent ticket featuring weekly drawings and a grand prize of $1 million.
October 21, 1971, Henry Kaplan appointed as first Executive Director. The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only state lottery that exclusively targets its proceeds to benefit older citizens. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging administers a co-pay prescription drug program, the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly (PACE), and allocates funding for Area Agencies on Aging services, as well.
Since its introduction, program benefits funded by the Pennsylvania Lot tery have expanded to include rent rebates, administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, and free and reduced-fare transit for older Pennsylvanians and reduced vehicle registration fees, programs administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Proceeds were initially targeted to provide property tax relief for the elderly in the Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Lottery was established on August 26, 1971, by a legislative act, Title 91.
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