Q: Where does the money go?

A: Of every dollar spent on Lottery tickets, approximately 49.9 percent goes back to players in the form of prizes. Lottery retail commissions are approximately 6.3 percent of sales. Western Canada Lottery Corporation operating expenses are approximately 5.6 percent of sales with ticket printing accounting for an additional 1.4 percent. The remaining 36.8 percent is revenue returned to WCLC's members - the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and associate members Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Revenue is based on sales from each member province or territory. Each provincial and territorial government establishes its own priorities for disbursement of Lottery funds.