SACRAMENTO – The California Lottery® is pleased to announce that a video explaining its innovative partnership with the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation is available for viewing on the Lottery’s Web site.
The Lottery has joined forces with the foundation to create a new Scratchers® ticket. The ticket, named “In the Line of Duty,” pays tribute to peace officers.
“We are pleased to team up with the foundation to support the families left behind by peace officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our state,” Lottery Director Joan Borucki said. “Customers can help support the work of the foundation by buying the ticket.”
Part of the proceeds from the Scratchers ticket, up to $300,000, will go to support the foundation. That payment is a licensing fee that will not interfere with the amount of money that the Lottery pays out to education.
“This is immensely important for the foundation and for our surviving families,” said Mark Nichols, president of the California Peace Officers’ Memorial Foundation, which provides aid and scholarships to the surviving family members of peace officers who died in the line of duty.
State Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, also applauded the partnership: “When you buy this Scratchers ticket you get a shot at winning a Lottery prize and at the same time part of the proceeds go to the families served by the foundation.”
To view the video, go to www.calottery.com
More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed nearly $21 billion to California schools out of total sales of more than $56 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.6 billion in compensation since 1985.