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The New Zealand Lottery is controlled by the Government through an autonomous Crown entity, Lotto New Zealand (formerly the New Zealand Lotteries Commission). Profits are distributed by the Lottery Grants Board to community organisations and charities, including Sport and Recreation, Arts Council of New Zealand and Creative New Zealand. A number of statutory bodies, such as the New Zealand Film Commission and the New Zealand Rugby Union are also supported through Lottery funding.
In Canada, the provincial/territorial governments operate four nationwide lotteries: Lotto 6/49, Lotto Max (which replaced Lotto Super 7 in September 2009), Daily Grand and Millionaire Life. They are administered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, a consortium of the five regional lottery commissions owned by their respective provinces/territories: Atlantic Lottery Corporation (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador), Loto-Quebec (Quebec), Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (Ontario), Western Canada Lottery Corporation (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories) and British Columbia Lottery Corporation (British Columbia).
During the 1990s, several Canadian jurisdictions experimented with video lottery terminals and keno. Those games are now part of the national lottery, but their impact on overall revenue is small. The emergence of online lotteries in the 2000s has had an even greater impact on total revenue. They allow players to buy tickets from their own home, or mobile device, without visiting a brick-and-mortar retailer, and can provide the same instant gratification as traditional games.
Some lottery operators run multi-games, such as a combination of games with multiple prizes, or a combination of cash and merchandise. These multi-games are often referred to as instant lottery products or scratch-off games. In addition, some operators have developed advanced computer software that automatically selects the winning numbers. This is sometimes called automatic lottery or progressive jackpot or bonus game.
In the United States, there are a large variety of state-licensed lotteries, operated by private companies and nonprofit organizations. Many states also allow charitable groups to offer raffles and other types of contests that award prizes based on chance. Some of these contests are governed by state laws, while others have been approved by federal agencies. The state-licensed lotteries are often regulated by the Federal Communications Commission and other federal and state regulatory agencies. The regulated lotteries must adhere to strict regulations, such as those pertaining to advertising and disclosure of prize amounts. They also must maintain a separate trust account for all winnings, and are required to file reports with the state agency that regulates them. Some of these reporting requirements are more rigorous than those for unregulated lotteries. The regulating agencies may also monitor the activity of the regulated lotteries, and they can sanction them for failure to comply with state rules and regulations.